Local water-content measurement of polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cell applications using: Planar surface coil as a NMR signal detector

Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1013-1020

  Ogawa, Kuniyasu ^a   Ito, Kohei ^b   Haishi, Tomoyuki ^b   Hishida, Koichi ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Local Measurement; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; Planar Surface Coil; Polymer Electrolyte Membrane; Relaxation Time; Water Content

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; FUEL CELLS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SIGNAL DETECTION;

LOCAL MEASUREMENT; PLANAR SURFACE COIL; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; RELAXATION TIME; WATER CONTENT;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 33745776461     PISSN: 03875016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/kikaib.72.1013     Document Type: Article

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