Water crystallization inside fuel cell membranes probed by X-ray scattering

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 369, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 148-154

  Mendil Jakani, Hakima ^a   Davies, Richard J ^b   Dubard, Emilie ^a   Guillermo, Armel ^a   Gebel, Gérard ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Confinement; Hyper swelling; Ice crystals; Nafion membrane; Sulfonated polyimide; Super cooled water

Indexed keywords

CONFINEMENT; COOLED WATER; HYPER SWELLING; ICE CRYSTALS; SULFONATED POLYIMIDES; DIFFERENT WATER CONTENTS; SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES; SUPER-COOLED; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WATER CRYSTALLIZATION; WATER VOLUME FRACTION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONTACT ANGLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESORPTION; FREEZING; FUEL CELLS; HYDROCARBONS; POLYIMIDES; SCATTERING; PLASMA CONFINEMENT;

MEMBRANES;

COOLING WATER; HYDROCARBON; POLYIMIDE; WATER;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESORPTION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; FREEZING; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SULFONATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTACT ANGLE; TEMPERATURE; TENSION;

EID: 79251638518     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.11.059     Document Type: Article

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