Low energy plasma treatment of Nafion® membranes for PEM fuel cells

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-48

  Ramdutt, Devin ^a   Charles, Christine ^a   Hudspeth, Jessica ^a   Ladewig, Bradley ^b   Gengenbach, Thomas ^c   Boswell, Rod ^a   Dicks, Andrew ^b   Brault, Pascal ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Fuel cells; Nafion; Plasma modification

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; FUEL CELLS; HYDROPHOBICITY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TREATMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; NAFION; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 33846882038     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2006.11.078     Document Type: Article

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