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To improve mass transport in the catalytic layers of proton exchange membrane fuel cells, the usual Pt catalyst support (carbon blacks) can be advantageously replaced by carbon aerogels or xerogels. The pore texture of such materials can indeed be tailored, which enables choosing an adequate pore texture minimizing diffusional limitations within the catalytic layers.
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N. Job thanks the F.R.S.-FNRS (Belgium) for a postdoctoral researcher grant. The Belgian authors thank the Fonds de Recherche Fondamentale Collective, the Ministère de la Région Wallonne and the Interuniversity Attraction Pole (IAP-P6/17) for their financial support, and acknowledge the involvement of their laboratory in the Network of Excellence FAME of the European Union Sixth Framework Program. The French authors thank the Groupement des Écoles des Mines (GEM). N.J. and M.C. thank Egide and the WBI for funding within the Hubert Curien Partnership (Tournesol project #20389PF).
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Job, N., Berthon-Fabry, S., Chatenet, M. et al. Nanostructured Carbons as Platinum Catalyst Supports for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Electrodes. Top Catal 52, 2117 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-009-9384-0
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