Sulfonated PEEK and fluorinated polymer based blends for fuel cell applications: Investigation of the effect of type and molecular weight of the fluorinated polymers on the membrane's properties

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 12038-12053

  Inan, Tülay Y ^a   Doan, Hacer ^a   Unveren, Elif E ^a   Eker, Ersoy ^b  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b Türk Demirdöküm Fabrikalar A   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blend; Fuel cell membrane; Poly (ether ether ketone); SPEEK PVDF; Sulfonation

Indexed keywords

BLEND; BLEND MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; FLUORINATED POLYMERS; FTIR; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; GOOD COMPATIBILITY; HIGH ELONGATION; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; NAFION 117; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); PVDF-HFP; SEM; SOLUTION-CASTING METHOD; SPEEK/PVDF; SULFONATED POLYETHERETHERKETONE; SULFONATION DEGREE; TEM; TEST SYSTEMS; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMO-OXIDATIVE STABILITY; VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; WATER UPTAKE; YOUNG MODULUS;

DEGRADATION; ELONGATION; ETHERS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FUEL CELLS; GAS PERMEABILITY; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGERS; KETONES; METHANOL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYGEN; POLYMER BLENDS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFONATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 77957713044     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.07.084     Document Type: Article

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