Improvements to the efficiency and lifetime of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells can be realized by finding more active and stable electrocatalytic cathode materials. A computational search has found two such alloys and confirmed their enhanced properties experimentally.
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Mayrhofer, K., Arenz, M. Log on for new catalysts. Nature Chem 1, 518–519 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.380
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