Novel organic-inorganic composite polymer-electrolyte membranes for DMFCs

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 345, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 305-314

  Sahu, A K ^a   Bhat, S D ^a   Pitchumani, S ^a   Sridhar, P ^a   Vimalan, V ^b   George, C ^b   Chandrakumar, N ^b   Shukla, A K ^c  

^a CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

DMFC; Methanol permeability; Nafion composites; NMR spectroscopy; Proton conductivity

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC NATURE; IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION; INORGANIC FILLERS; INORGANIC MATERIALS; INORGANIC PRECURSOR; ISO-PROPOXIDE; MATRIX; MESOPOROUS; MESOPOROUS TITANIUM PHOSPHATE; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; NAFION COMPOSITE; NAFION COMPOSITES; NAFION-SILICA COMPOSITE; NMR SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPOSITE; OSMOTIC DRAG; PLURONICS; POINT RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPIES; POLYMERIZATION REACTION; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; RELEASE KINETICS; STRUCTURE DIRECTING AGENTS; TITANIA SOL; VOLUME REDUCTIONS; ZIRCONIUM PHOSPHATE;

CAPILLARITY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROLYTES; HYDROLYSIS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SILICA; SOLS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM CASTINGS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; ZIRCONIA; ZIRCONIUM;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

COPOLYMER; ELECTROLYTE; MESOPOROUS TITANIUM PHOSPHATE; MESOPOROUS ZIRCONIUM PHOSPHATE; METHANOL; POLOXAMER; POLYMER; PROTON; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CONDUCTANCE; DIFFUSION; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL; ENERGY RESOURCE; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 70350041848     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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