Preparation of novel poly(vinyl alcohol)/SiO2 nanocomposite membranes by a sol-gel process and their application on alkaline DMFCs

Desalination

Volumn 276, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 366-372

  Yang, Chun Chen ^a   Li, Yingjeng James ^a   Liou, Tzong Horng ^a  

^a MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC); Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA); Silica (SiO2); Sol gel; Tetraethoxylsilanes (TEOS)

Indexed keywords

AC IMPEDANCE METHOD; AFM; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; ATOMIC FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE POLYMERS; PEAK POWER DENSITIES; POLY(VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); PTRU ANODES; SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTES; SOLUTION-CASTING METHOD; TETRAETHOXYLSILANES (TEOS); THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GELS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUEL CELL; MEMBRANE; METHANOL; POLYMER;

EID: 79959510565     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.03.079     Document Type: Article

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