Pt/SiO2 as addition to multilayer SPSU/PTFE composite membrane for fuel cells

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1809-1815

  Wang, L ^a,b   Yi, B L ^a   Zhang, H M ^a   Xing, D M ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Composite membrane; Nafion; PEMFC; Pt SiO2; Self humidifying

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED TESTS; EX-SITU; HUMIDIFYING CONDITIONS; MULTI-LAYER COMPOSITES; NAFION; NAFION LAYERS; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; PEMFC; PT/SIO2; SELF-HUMIDIFYING; SELF-HUMIDIFYING MEMBRANES; SULFONATED POLYSULFONES;

MULTILAYERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

COMPOSITE; FUEL CELL; MEMBRANE; POLYSULFONE;

EID: 64149109117     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.1198     Document Type: Article

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