Methanol diffusion in water swollen ionomer membranes for DMFC applications

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 137-141

  Meier, Frank ^a   Kerres, Jochen ^a   Eigenberger, Gerhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

DMFC; Methanol diffusion; Nafion; Polyaryl blend membranes

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; IONOMERS;

IONOMER MEMBRANES; NAFION;

METHANOL;

METHANOL; WATER;

DIFFUSION; GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION; METHANOL; SYNTHETIC MEMBRANE; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CROSS LINKING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENTHALPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 3242744374     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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