Porous lignosulfonate membranes for direct methanol fuel cells

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 276, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 301-307

  Zhang, Xiao ^a   Glüsen, Andreas ^b   Garcia Valls, Ricard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lignosulfonate; Membrane electrode assembly; Porous membrane; Proton conductivity; Single cell performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645407620     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2005.12.017     Document Type: Article

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