Ionomer segregation in composite MEAs and its effect on polymer electrolyte fuel cell performance

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Xie, Jian ^a   Garzon, Fernando ^a   Zawodzinski, Thomas ^a,b   Smith, Wayne ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ION EXCHANGE; IONOMERS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MASS-TRANSPORT REGIONS; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES (MEA); NAFION IONOMERS; TEFLON DECAL SURFACES;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 3242678241     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/1.1756887     Document Type: Article

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