Enhanced proton conductivity of polymer electrolyte membrane doped with titanate nanotubes

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 288, Issue 14-15, 2010, Pages 1369-1374

  Li, Qiong ^a   Xiao, Chuan ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Zhang, Haining ^a,b   Chen, Feitai ^c   Fang, Pengfei ^c   Pan, Mu ^a,b  

^a Wuhan University of Technology   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nanocomposites; Nanotubes; Polymer electrolyte membrane; Proton conductivity; Titanate

Indexed keywords

CASTING PROCESS; NAFION MEMBRANE; NAFION SOLUTION; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; TITANATE; TITANATE NANOTUBES; WATER RETENTION ABILITY;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTONS;

MEMBRANES;

NANOTUBE; PROTON;

ACIDITY; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMIDIFIER; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 79961023794     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-010-2268-9     Document Type: Article

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