Proton conductivity and characterization of novel composite membranes for medium-temperature fuel cells

Desalination

Volumn 193, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 387-397

  Ahmad, M I ^a   Zaidi, S M J ^a   Rahman, S U ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Composite membranes; Heteropolyacids; Proton conductivity; Solid proton conductors; Y zeolite

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POLYETHER ETHER KETONES; PROTONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZEOLITES;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; HETEROPOLYACIDS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SOLID PROTON CONDUCTORS;

FUEL CELLS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; POLYETHER ETHER KETONES; PROTONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZEOLITES;

COMPOSITE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; POLYMER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZEOLITE;

EID: 33746556074     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2005.06.069     Document Type: Article

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