Hybrid membranes for fuel cells based on nanometer YSZ and polyacrylonitrile matrix

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Stamatin, Ioan ^a   Morozan, Adina ^a   Scott, Keith ^b   Dumitru, Anca ^a   Vulpe, S ^a   Nastase, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centrifugal field; Hybrid membranes; Pyridine polymers; Thermo oxidation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTES; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC CONDUCTION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; PRODUCT DESIGN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOOXIDATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CENTRIFUGAL FIELDS; HYBRID MEMBRANES; PERMEABILITY; PYRIDINE POLYMERS;

FUEL CELLS;

ACID; BENZIMIDAZOLE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ELECTROLYTE; FUEL; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METAL OXIDE; METHANOL; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDE; POLYACRYLONITRILE; POLYMER; PROTON; PYRIDINE; WATER; YTTRIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC CONDUCTION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; PRODUCT DESIGN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOOXIDATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY; EVALUATION; HYBRID; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION EXCHANGE; KINETICS; MATERIALS; MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PERMEABILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 33646465295     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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