Mesoscale modeling of hydrated morphologies of 3m perfluorosulfonic acid-based fuel cell electrolytes

Langmuir

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 14308-14315

  Wu, Dongsheng ^a   Paddison, Stephen J ^a   Elliott, James A ^b   Hamrock, Steven J ^c  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG SPACING; CRYSTALLINITIES; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; EQUIVALENT WEIGHT; FUEL CELL ELECTROLYTES; HYDRATION LEVELS; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; MESOSCALE MODELING; MORPHOLOGY CHANGES; PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID; PFSA MEMBRANES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; SHORT SIDE CHAINS; SIDE CHAINS; WATER CLUSTER; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER UPTAKE;

ACIDS; FUEL CELLS; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGERS; IONOMERS; MORPHOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

ELECTROLYTE; FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROLYTES; FLUOROCARBON POLYMERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77957952194     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la102358y     Document Type: Article

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