A model for methanol transport through Nafion® membrane in diffusion cell

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 376-382

  Wu, Zhimou ^a,b   Sun, Gongquan ^a   Jin, Wei ^a,b   Hou, Hongying ^a,b   Wang, Suli ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Diffusion model; Direct methanol fuel cell; Methanol permeability; Nafion membrane

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION MODEL; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; METHANOL TRANSPORT;

METHANOL;

COPOLYMER; ELECTROLYTE; METHANOL; TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

EID: 53249093689     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.07.057     Document Type: Article

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