Does Low Dose Electron Beam Exposure make Nafion® Film a Suitable Candidate for Improved DMFC Performance ?

Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-121

  Hobson, L J ^a   Oozu, H ^a   Yamaguchi, M ^b   Hayase, S ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b USHIO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC); Electron beam irradiation; IR reflectance (ATR) spectroscopy; Methanol crossover; Nafion; Polymer electrolyte membrane

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042644877     PISSN: 14802422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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