Fabrication and characterization of self-assembled Nafion-SiO2-ePTFE composite membrane of PEM fuel cell

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 312, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 41-47

  Jie, Zhu ^a   Haolin, Tang ^a   Mu, Pan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Elevated temperature fuel cell; ePTFE; Nafion SiO2 ePTFE; Sodium naphthalene treatment; Water retention polymer electrolyte membrane

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; NAPHTHALENE; SILICA; WETTING;

ELEVATED-TEMPERATURE FUEL CELL; SODIUM-NAPHTHALENE TREATMENT;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

NAPHTHALENE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; NAPHTHALENE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SILICA; WETTING;

ARTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 39749117963     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2007.12.025     Document Type: Article

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