Hydrocarbon and partially fluorinated sulfonated copolymer blends as functional membranes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-29

  Arnett, Natalie Y ^a   Harrison, William L ^b   Badami, Anand S ^a   Roy, Abhishek ^a   Lane, Ozma ^a   Cromer, Frank ^a   Dong, Limin ^c   McGrath, James E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANOSONIC INC   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Copolymer blends; Nafion ; Poly(arylene ether sulfone) (PAES); Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC); Radel

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FLUORINATION; HYDROCARBONS; PHENOLS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SULFONATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COPOLYMER BLENDS; FUNCTIONAL MEMBRANES; POLYARYLENE ETHER SULFONES;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 34548693193     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.04.051     Document Type: Article

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