A novel titanium PBI-based composite membrane for high temperature PEMFCs

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 369, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 105-111

  Lobato, Justo ^a   Cañizares, Pablo ^a   Rodrigo, Manuel A ^a   Úbeda, Diego ^a   Pinar, F Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composite; Conductivity; High temperature PEMFC; Polybenzimidazole; TGA; Titanium

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE; CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; TGA; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH DOPING LEVEL; HIGH TEMPERATURE PEMFCS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PEMFC; POWER DENSITIES;

ELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); TITANIUM; TITANIUM CASTINGS; TITANIUM OXIDES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEMBRANES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

ELECTROLYTE; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; POLYMER; PROTON; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WATER RETENTION; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONDUCTANCE; DECOMPOSITION; DOPING; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLOW RATE; HUMIDITY; HYDROGEN BOND; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTON TRANSPORT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 79251637743     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.11.051     Document Type: Article

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