Preparation and characterization of high selectivity organic-inorganic hybrid-laminated Nafion 115 membranes for DMFC

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 278, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 437-446

  Lin, C W ^a   Fan, K C ^a   Thangamuthu, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cells; Hybrid; Methanol crossover; Nafion 115; Sandwiched membranes; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); HYBRIDS; METHANOL CROSSOVERS; NAFION 115; SANDWICHED MEMBRANES; SELECTIVITY;

PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES;

MACROGOL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; PERMSELECTIVE MEMBRANES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646768959     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2005.11.040     Document Type: Article

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