Fabrication of PEFC membrane based on perfluorinated polymer using quantum beam induced grafting technique

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-168

  Oshima, Akihiro ^a   Sato, Yukiko ^b   Shiraki, Fumiya ^b   Mitani, Naohiro ^b   Fujii, Kazuki ^b   Oshima, Yuji ^b   Fujita, Hajime ^b   Washio, Masakazu ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

EB grafting; EIS; Hybrid PEM; Sulfonated PS g FEP

Indexed keywords

EB-GRAFTING; EIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; GRAFTING METHOD; GRAFTING TECHNIQUES; HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE; HYBRID PEM; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; LOW HUMIDITY; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; PERFLUORINATED POLYMERS; POLARIZATION CURVES; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SULFONATED POLYSTYRENE; SULFONATED PS-G-FEP; SULFONIC ACID; TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; WATER UPTAKE;

ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DEIONIZED WATER; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON BEAMS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); ION EXCHANGERS; IONS; POLARIZATION; POLYMER MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; POLYSTYRENES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ION EXCHANGE;

POLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON BEAM; FABRICATION; FLUORINATION; HUMIDITY; ION EXCHANGE; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 78649331020     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.07.027     Document Type: Article

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