Sulfonated hydrocarbon membranes for medium-temperature and low-humidity proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs)

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1443-1498

  Park, Chi Hoon ^a   Lee, Chang Hyun ^b   Guiver, Michael D ^a,c   Lee, Young Moo ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Physico chemical tuning technology; Polymer architecture; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC); Sulfonated hydrocarbon polymers; Sulfonation

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER SYNTHESIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; FUTURE CHALLENGES; HIGH DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; HYDROCARBON MEMBRANE; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; OPERATING CONDITION; ORGANIC-INORGANIC NANOCOMPOSITES; PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TUNING TECHNOLOGY; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; POLYMER ARCHITECTURE; POLYMER CHEMISTRY; POLYMER DESIGNS; POST-SYNTHESIS TREATMENT; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SPECIFIC MATERIALS; SULFONATED HYDROCARBON POLYMERS; SULFONATION PROCESS; SURFACE FLUORINATION; SYNTHETIC APPROACH; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; CROSSLINKING; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; FLUORINE; HYDROCARBONS; ION EXCHANGE; IONOMERS; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTONS; SULFONATION; TUNING;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 79960565443     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2011.06.001     Document Type: Review

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