High performance composite membranes with enhanced dimensional stability for use in PEMFC

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4209-4214

  Dai, Hua ^a,b   Zhang, Huamin ^a   Zhong, Hexiang ^a   Li, Xianfeng ^a   Xiao, Shaohua ^a,b   Mai, Zhensheng ^a,b  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Composite membranes; Dimensional stability; Fuel cell performance; Sulfonated poly(phenylene sulfone); Sulfonated poly(sulfide sulfone)

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC MEDIUMS; FTIR; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPOSITES; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MIXED SOLVENT; N-BUTANOL; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SEM; SINGLE CELL PERFORMANCE; THIN COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL STABILITY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; REINFORCEMENT;

DIMENSIONAL STABILITY;

EID: 77950339454     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.02.041     Document Type: Article

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