Nafion-montmorillonite nanocomposite membrane for the effective reduction of fuel crossover

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1514-1519

  Felice, Christine ^a   Ye, Stanley ^b   Qu, Deyang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT IMPEDANCE TECHNIQUES; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CLAY NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; FUEL CROSSOVER; HYDROGEN MIGRATION; IN-PLANE; MECHANISTIC DIFFERENCES; METHANOL CROSSOVER; MONTMORILLONITE NANOCOMPOSITES; NAFION MEMBRANE;

CLAY MINERALS; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONS; METHANOL; NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICATE MINERALS;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 77649086951     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie901600a     Document Type: Article

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