Nafion®/H-ZSM-5 composite membranes with superior performance for direct methanol fuel cells

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 338, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 75-83

  Yildirim, Mustafa Hakan ^a   Curòs, Anna Roca ^b   Motuzas, Julius ^c   Julbe, Anne ^c   Stamatialis, Dimitrios F ^a   Wessling, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cell; Methanol cross over; Nafion; Proton conductivity; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SI/AL RATIO; H-ZSM-5; HIGH POWER DENSITY; HZSM-5 ZEOLITES; METHANOL CROSS-OVER; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; NAFION; SI/AL RATIO; SOLUTION CAST;

CAPILLARITY; CELL MEMBRANES; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SILICATE MINERALS; ZEOLITES;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

ALUMINUM; SILICON; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL; ENERGY RESOURCE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 67649268169     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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