Chitosan/titanate nanotube hybrid membrane with low methanol crossover for direct methanol fuel cells

Chemical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-250

  Geng, Jiaqing ^a   Jiang, Zhongyi ^a   Wang, Jingtao ^a   Shi, Ying ^a   Yang, Dong ^a   Xiao, Lulu ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Direct methanol fuel cell; Hybrid membrane; Methanol permeability; Titanate nanotubes

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN MEMBRANE; FRACTIONAL FREE VOLUME; HYBRID MEMBRANE; HYDROTHERMALLY SYNTHESIZED; LOW METHANOL PERMEABILITY; MATRIX; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; METHANOL CROSSOVER; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; SEM; TEM; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TITANATE NANOTUBES; XRD;

CAPILLARITY; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); MEMBRANES; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NANOTUBES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

EID: 75949105419     PISSN: 09307516     EISSN: 15214125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ceat.200900443     Document Type: Article

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