Preparation and characterization of hybrid Nafion-silica membrane doped with phosphotungstic acid for high temperature operation of proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 43-51

  Shao, Zhi Gang ^a   Joghee, Prabhuram ^a   Hsing, I Ming ^a  

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

Author keywords

Composite membranes; Ion exchange membranes; Membrane preparation and structure; PEM fuel cells; Phosphotungstic acid

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; DEGRADATION; ELECTROLYTES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

FUEL CELLS;

PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID;

COMPOSITE; FUEL CELL; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATION; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; HYBRIDIZATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0346461549     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2003.09.014     Document Type: Article

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