Development of polyoxadiazole nanocomposites for high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 322, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 406-415

  Gomes, Dominique ^a   Marschall, Roland ^b   Nunes, Suzana P ^a   Wark, Michael ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Nanocomposite; PEMFC; Proton conductivity; Sulfonated silica

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); TENSILE TESTING;

HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE (PEM); MESOPOROUS; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; NOVEL NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PARTICLE AGGLOMERATES; POLYMER ELECTROLYTES; POLYOXADIAZOLE; SILICA PARTICLES; TENSILE TESTS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ELECTROLYTE; FUEL; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER; POLYOXADIAZOLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 48149100740     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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