Water profile determination in a running proton exchange membrane fuel cell using small-angle neutron scattering

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 269-277

  Mosdale, Renaut ^a,b   Gebel, Gérard ^a   Pineri, Michel ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b PSA Centre Tech Citroen DRAS/RVE   (France)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Proton exchange membrane; Small angle neutron scattering; Water profile determination

Indexed keywords

PROTON; WATER;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMIDITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTENT;

ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANES; NEUTRON TECHNIQUES;

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL (PEMFC); SMALL ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING; WATER PROFILE DETERMINATION;

ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES;

EID: 0030592197     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-7388(96)00110-X     Document Type: Article

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