Proton conducting membranes based on Poly(2,5-benzimidazole) (ABPBI)-Poly(vinylphosphonic acid) blends for fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2724-2730

  Acar, Oktay ^a   Sen, Unal ^a   Bozkurt, Ayhan ^b   Ata, Ali ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blend; Fuel cell; Poly(2,5 benzimidazole); Poly(vinylphosphonic acid); Proton conductivity

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ANODIC OXIDATION; BLENDING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUEL CELLS; HYDRATES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BLEND; FOURIER-TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIES; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPIES; POLY(2,5-BENZIMIDAZOLE); POLY(VINYLPHOSPHONIC ACID); POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; POLYMER INTERACTIONS; PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANES; REPEATING UNITS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; STOICHIOMETRIC RATIOS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; WATER UPTAKES; WATER-UPTAKE MEASUREMENTS;

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 62249213458     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.01.073     Document Type: Article

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