Performance of SPEEK based polymer-nanoclay inorganic membrane for DMFC

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 382, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 202-211

  Jaafar, Juhana ^a   Ismail, A F ^a   Matsuura, T ^a,b   Nagai, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2,4,6 Triaminopyrimidine (TAP); Cloisite15A ; DMFC; Ion exchange membrane; Nanocomposite membrane; SPEEK

Indexed keywords

2,4,6-TRIAMINOPYRIMIDINE (TAP); BARRIER PROPERTIES; CLAY LOADINGS; COMPOSITE FORMULATIONS; DEGREE OF SULFONATION; EXFOLIATED NANOCOMPOSITES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INORGANIC MEMBRANES; NANO-METER SCALE; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANE; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PERFORMANCE PROPERTIES; POLYMER-CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; SPEEK; SULFONATED POLY(ETHER ETHER KETONE) MEMBRANES; SWELLING BEHAVIOR;

ETHERS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; KETONES; METHANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

2,4,6 TRIAMINOPYRIMIDINE; CLOISITE 15A; METHANOL; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYETHERETHERKETONE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CLAY; CONDUCTANCE; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL; ENERGY RESOURCE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFONATION; WATER CONTENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 80052781009     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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