Novel polysilsesquioxane hybrid membranes for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) applications

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3981-4008

  Kalaw, Grace Jones D ^a   Yang, Zhiwei ^b   Musselman, Inga H ^a   Yang, Duck Joo ^a   Balkus, Kenneth J ^a   Ferraris, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Polysilsesquioxane; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COLLOIDS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELLS; GELATION; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; MEMBRANES; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; POLYMERS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

ACID GROUPS; CONDUCTING PROPERTIES; HYBRID MEMBRANES; INORGANIC COMPONENTS; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; POLYSILSESQUIOXANE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SIDE CHAINS; SOL - GELS; THERMAL STABILITIES;

CELL MEMBRANES;

CHEMICAL; CROSS LINKING; FUEL CELL; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MEMBRANE; POLYMERIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 58149194182     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390802414684     Document Type: Article

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