A palladium-alloy deposited Nafion membrane for direct methanol fuel cells

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 327-336

  Ma, Z Q ^a   Cheng, P ^a   Zhao, T S ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cells; Methanol crossover; Palladium alloy film; Polymer electrolyte membranes; Sputtering deposition

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; METHANOL; PALLADIUM ALLOYS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

MEMBRANES;

ALLOY; METHANOL; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; POLYMER; SILVER;

ALLOY; FUEL CELL; MEMBRANE; METHANOL; PALLADIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CATALYST; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; FILM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0037445534     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(03)00026-7     Document Type: Article

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