Composite Nafion® membrane embedded with hybrid nanofillers for promoting direct methanol fuel cell performance

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 321, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-145

  Tay, Siok Wei ^a   Zhang, Xinhui ^a   Liu, Zhaolin ^a   Hong, Liang ^a,b   Chan, Siew Hwa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atom transfer radical polymerization; Composite proton exchange membrane; Core shell nano particles; Fuel cell; Nafion

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLES (NPS);

METHANOL; NAFION; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; HYBRID; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SILYLATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 46149102444     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.04.049     Document Type: Article

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