Spatial and temporal mapping of water content across Nafion membranes under wetting and drying conditions

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 245-253

  Zhang, Ziheng ^a   Marble, Andrew E ^a   MacMillan, Bryce ^a   Promislow, Keith ^b   Martin, Jonathan ^c   Wang, Haijiang ^c   Balcom, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; MRI; Nafion; Spin echo SPI; Water content; Water management; Water transport

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CURING; DEWATERING; DRYING; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; FLOW OF WATER; FUEL CELLS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); RESONANCE; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION; THICK FILMS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETTING;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS; DEPTH IMAGING; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; DRYING CONDITIONS; FUEL CELL; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HIGH-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; IMAGE ACQUISITION TIME; K-SPACE; MRI; NAFION; NAFION MEMBRANES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL; PURE PHASE ENCODE; SINGLE POINT IMAGING; SPIN ECHO SPI; SPIN ECHOES; STEADY STATES; TEMPORAL MAPPINGS; THIN FILM SAMPLES; TRANSIENT STATES; WATER CONTENT MEASUREMENTS; WATER CONTENT PROFILES; WATER TRANSPORT;

WATER CONTENT;

FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESICCATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESICCATION; FLUOROCARBON POLYMERS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; WATER;

EID: 52949121386     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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