Novel nanocomposite membranes based on sulfonated mesoporous silica nanoparticles modified sulfonated polyimides for direct methanol fuel cells

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 366, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 251-257

  Liu, Dan ^a   Geng, Lei ^a   Fu, Yuqin ^b   Dai, Xin ^a   Lü, Changli ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cells; Nanocomposite proton exchange membrane; Sulfonated mesoporous silica; Sulfonated polyimides

Indexed keywords

HYBRID MEMBRANE; INORGANIC FILLERS; MEMBRANE SAMPLES; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; NAFION 117; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ORDERED MESOPORES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SULFONATED MESOPOROUS SILICA; SULFONATED POLYIMIDES; TESTING TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STABILITY; WATER UPTAKE;

BLENDING; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYIMIDES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SILICA;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

FILLER; METHANOL; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYIMIDE; PROTON; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYBRID; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SULFONATION; THERMOSTABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 78649447457     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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