Influence of proton exchange membrane preconditioning methods on the PEM fuel cell performance

Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 87-91

  Barrio, A ^a   Parrondo, J ^a   Mijangos, F ^a   Lombrana, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cation exchange membrane; Conditioning method; MEA; PEMFC

Indexed keywords

ACID CONDITIONS; CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL CONDITIONING; CONDITIONING METHOD; COUNTERIONS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAXIMUM POWER; MEA; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE SWELLING; NAFION 117; PEM FUEL CELL; PEMFC; PHYSICAL BARRIERS; POLARIZATION CURVES; POLYMERIC CATION; PRECONDITIONING METHOD; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

POSITIVE IONS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; WATER CONTENT;

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 70449448334     PISSN: 14802422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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