The effect of spatial confinement of Nafion® in porous membranes on macroscopic properties of the membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 321, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-113

  Rodgers, Marianne P ^a,b   Berring, John ^a   Holdcroft, Steven ^a,b   Shi, Zhiqing ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Areal proton resistance; Celgard ; Daramic ; Dimensional stability; Effective proton mobility; Nafion ; Pore size; Proton concentration; Proton conductivity; Proton exchange membrane; PTFE; Reinforced membranes; Water vapour transmission

Indexed keywords

IONOMERS; MEMBRANES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS;

(PL) PROPERTIES; CONFINED SPACES; REINFORCING MATERIALS; SPATIAL CONFINEMENT;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID; POLITEF; POLYELECTROLYTE; POLYPROPYLENE; PROTON; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; FILM; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOTION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; THICKNESS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 46049084177     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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