MnO2/SiO2-SO3H nanocomposite as hydrogen peroxide scavenger for durability improvement in proton exchange membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 346, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-151

  Zhao, D ^a,b   Yi, B L ^a   Zhang, H M ^a   Yu, H M ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Durability; Fast Blue BB Salt; Free radicals; Hydrogen peroxide; Manganese dioxide; Surface sulfonated

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED TESTS; DURABILITY IMPROVEMENT; ELEMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; EMISSION RATES; EX SITU; FAST BLUE BB SALT; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; IN-SITU; KEY PROBLEMS; MANGANESE DIOXIDE; MEMBRANE DURABILITY; NAFION MEMBRANE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; RADICAL SCAVENGING; SEM-EDX; SILICA SURFACE; SULFONIC ACID GROUPS; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; TEM; TRAPPING AGENT; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; WET-CHEMICAL METHOD; XRD;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DURABILITY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FREE RADICALS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MEMBRANES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; SCAVENGING; SILICA; TITRATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FERROUS GLUCONATE; FLUORIDE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MANGANESE OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MANGANESE DIOXIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY RESOURCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TITRIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DISPERSION; ION EXCHANGE; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 70450125645     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.09.031     Document Type: Article

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