graphite particles graphite flakes carbon nanofibers carbon nanotubes and or the like the polymeric material can be comprised of any number of materials including but not limited to fluoropolymers such as but not limited to polyvinylidene fluoride pvdf hexafluoropropylene hfp polymers of tetrafluoroethylene and hexafloropropylene fep and or the like the ph adjuster can be comprised of any number of materials including but not limited to any suitable base that will not poison the mea upon integration into the pem fuel cell a second sample was prepared in accordance with the example set forth above but without the ammonium carbonate the ph of this sample before addition of the ptfe was measured to be 4 9 the data points for the same can be seen plotted in fig2 as fig2 illustrates the dispersion samples are very stable and appear to exhibit favorable high current density characteristics to confirm this the formulation of the first sample prepared in accordance with the example set forth above was mimicked except that was substituted in various quantities for the ammonium carbonate to show a ph trend with performance the ph values of the dispersion samples are set forth in table i below table i drops of ammonium hydroxide nh 4 oh ph after milling 0 4 9 1 10 32 3 10 77 5 10 96 15 11 3 in order to confirm dispersion instability the a dispersion sample was adjusted with an acid i e sulfuric acid h 2.