Grafting of p-styrene sulfonate and 1,3-propane sultone onto Laponite for proton exchange membrane fuel cell application

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 366, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 33-42

  Fatyeyeva, Kateryna ^a,b   Bigarré, Janick ^c   Blondel, Benoit ^c   Galiano, Hervé ^c   Gaud, David ^d   Lecardeur, Magali ^c   Poncin Epaillard, Fabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d HELION Bâtiment Jules Verne Domaine du Petit Arbois ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Grafting; Hybrid nanocomposite; Laponite; Plasma; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS; PLASMAS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; STYRENE; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

1 ,3-PROPANE SULTONE; CELL PERFORMANCE; CHEMICAL GRAFTING; HYBRID MEMBRANE; HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC NANOCOMPOSITES; LAPONITES; PLASMA ACTIVATION;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID; PROPANESULTONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLAY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 78649450421     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.09.023     Document Type: Article

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