Novel ultrathin composite membranes of Nafion/PVA for PEMFCs

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 9886-9895

  Mollá, Sergio ^a,b   Compañ, Vicente ^a,b   Gimenez, Enrique ^a   Blazquez, Alberto ^c   Urdanpilleta, Idoia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE LA ENERGÍA   (Spain)

^c Centro de Investigacion Tecnologica En Electroquimica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposite Nafion membranes; PEMFC performance; PVA nanofibers

Indexed keywords

FUEL CELL APPLICATION; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; IONIC RESISTANCE; LOW COSTS; NANOFIBER MATS; NONIONIC; POROUS SUPPORT; PVA NANOFIBERS; REINFORCED MEMBRANES; SINGLE CELLS; TAILORED PROPERTIES; ULTRA-THIN;

ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

EID: 79960904315     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.05.074     Document Type: Article

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