A high-performance chitosan-based double layer proton exchange membrane with reduced methanol crossover

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 6105-6111

  Hasani Sadrabadi, Mohammad Mahdi ^a,b   Dashtimoghadam, Erfan ^a   Majedi, Fatemeh S ^a,b   Hojjati Emami, Shahriar ^a   Moaddel, Homayoun ^c  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cell; Double layer proton exchange membrane; Methanol crossover; Structurally modified chitosan

Indexed keywords

CHARGED POLYELECTROLYTES; DOUBLE LAYERS; DOUBLE-LAYER MEMBRANE; FUEL CELL EFFICIENCY; HIGH AFFINITY; METHANOL CROSSOVER; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; METHANOL SOLUTION; METHANOL-BARRIER LAYERS; MODIFIED CHITOSAN; PERFORMANCE TESTS; POWER DENSITIES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; STRUCTURALLY MODIFIED CHITOSANS;

CHITIN; CHITOSAN; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTRON AFFINITY; MEMBRANES; METHANOL FUELS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; METHANOL; POLYELECTROLYTES;

METHANOL; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 79955469103     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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