The effect of self-assembled multilayer formation via LbL technique on thermomechanical and transport properties of Nafion®112 based composite membranes for PEM fuel cells

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 131-140

  Deligöz, Hüseyin ^a   Yilmaztürk, Serpil ^a   Yilmazoǧlu, Mesut ^a   Damyan, Hakan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Layer by Layer (LbL); Membranes; Proton conductivity; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

FUEL CELL APPLICATION; LAYER-BY-LAYER (LBL); LAYER-BY-LAYER TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICALLY STABLE; MEMBRANE SELECTIVITY; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; MULTI-LAYERED COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; NAFION MEMBRANE; PEM FUEL CELL; POLAR PHASE; POLYELECTROLYTE LAYERS; POLYIONS; SELF ASSEMBLED MULTILAYERS; THERMO-MECHANICAL;

FUEL CELLS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METHANOL; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

METHANOL; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROSULFONATED COMPOUND; POLYELECTROLYTE; PROTON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL; PROTON TRANSPORT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77549085002     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.01.041     Document Type: Article

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