Nanoscale properties of polymer fuel cell materials-A selected review

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1223-1238

  Hiesgen, Renate ^a   Wehl, Ines ^a   Aleksandrova, Elena ^a,b,d   Roduner, Emil ^b   Bauder, Alexander ^c   Friedrich, K Andreas ^a,c  

^a ESSLINGEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c Institute of Technical Thermodynamics   (Germany)

^d Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFM; Aging; Catalyst; Nanoscale properties; Polymer electrolyte fuel cell; Polymer membrane

Indexed keywords

AFM; AGING; NANOSCALE PROPERTIES; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL; POLYMER MEMBRANE;

AGGLOMERATION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLASMA ETCHING; PLATINUM; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACES;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 78649580633     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1661     Document Type: Review

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