Supercritical CO2 assisted synthesis of highly selective nafion-zeolite nanocomposite membranes for direct methanol fuel cells

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Gribov, Evgueni N ^a   Parkhomchuk, Ekaterina V ^a   Krivobokov, Ivan M ^a   Darr, Jawwad A ^b   Okunev, Alexey G ^a  

^a BORESKOV INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS   (Russian Federation)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DMFC; Nafion membrane; Nanocomposites; Supercritical CO2; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZEOLITES;

METHANOL PERMEABILITY; NAFION MEMBRANES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; IRON; METHANOL; NANOCOMPOSITE; ZEOLITE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); NANOCOMPOSITES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZEOLITES;

ARTICLE; GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SYNTHESIS; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 34248593706     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2007.03.020     Document Type: Article

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