Investigation on sulfuric acid sulfonation of in-situ sol-gel derived Nafion/SiO2 composite membrane

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 3606-3613

  Ke, Chang Chun ^a,b   Li, Xiao Jin ^a   Shen, Qiang ^a,b   Qu, Shu Guo ^a,b   Shao, Zhi Gang ^a   Yi, Bao Lian ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Composite membrane; High Temperature; Nafion; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Silica; Sulfonation

Indexed keywords

ACID MOLECULES; CONDUCTIVITY LOSS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN-SITU; MAS NMR; NAFION; SINGLE CELLS; SOL-GEL ROUTES; SWELLING RATIO; UV-RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; WATER UPTAKE; XRD;

BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); COMPLEXATION; GELS; HYDROGEN BONDS; NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SULFONATION; SULFURIC ACID;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

EID: 79952252722     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.12.030     Document Type: Article

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