Nano-sized Fe2O3-SO42 - solid superacid composite Nafion® membranes for direct methanol fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 12461-12468

  Sun, Lili ^a,b   Wang, Suli ^a   Jin, Wei ^a,b   Hou, Hongying ^a,b   Jiang, Luhua ^a   Sun, Gongquan ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Composite membrane; Methanol crossover; Nafion ; Proton conductivity; Solid superacid

Indexed keywords

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; LIFETIME TESTS; METHANOL CROSSOVER; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; NANO-SIZED; OPERATING CONDITION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEM-EDX; SOLID SUPERACID; SOLUTION-CASTING METHOD; WATER UPTAKE;

ACIDS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

EID: 77958153016     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.07.177     Document Type: Article

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