Phosphotungstic acid doped poly(vinyl alcohol)/poly(ether sulfone) blend composite membranes for direct methanol fuel cells

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 132-137

  Madaeni, Sayed Siavash ^a   Amirinejad, Sedigheh ^a   Amirinejad, Mehdi ^a  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cell; Methanol permeability; Phosphotungstic acid; Poly(ether sulfone); Poly(vinyl alcohol)

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION AT BREAK; HOMOGENOUS STRUCTURE; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; MATRIX; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; NAFION 117 MEMBRANES; PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID; POLY(ETHER SULFONE); PROTON CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SELECTIVE MEMBRANES; SOLUTION CASTING; SWELLING DEGREE; WATER UPTAKE;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ETHERS; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANES; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMER BLENDS; PROTONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

METHANOL; OXYGEN; PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID; POLYETHERSULFONE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 80051474849     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.06.038     Document Type: Article

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