Domain size manipulation of perflouorinated polymer electrolytes by sulfonic acid-functionalized MWCNTs to enhance fuel cell performance

Langmuir

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 8299-8305

  Kannan, Ramaiyan ^a   Parthasarathy, Meera ^a   Maraveedu, Sreekuttan U ^a   Kurungot, Sreekumar ^a   Pillai, Vijayamohanan K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL PROBLEMS; DOMAIN SIZE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; HYDROGEN-OXYGEN FUEL CELLS; HYDROPHILIC DOMAINS; IONIC CLUSTERS; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MULTI-WALLED; NAFION MEMBRANE; NANOTUBE SURFACE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-CELL LEVEL; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SULFONIC ACID; SULFONIC ACID-FUNCTIONALIZED; SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION;

ACIDS; BLENDING; CARBON NANOTUBES; CELL MEMBRANES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; FUEL CELLS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HYDROGEN; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OXYGEN; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

EID: 67651098663     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la9005218     Document Type: Article

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