Influence of silica morphology in composite Nafion membranes properties

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 14725-14733

  Alvarez, A ^a   Guzman C ^a   Carbone, A ^b   Sacc, A ^b   Gatto, I ^b   Passalacqua, E ^b   Nava, R ^c   Ornelas, R ^d   Ledesma Garcia J ^c   Arriaga, L G ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO EN ELECTROQUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^d TRE SpA Tozzi Renewable Energy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite Nafion membranes; H2; Mesoporous silica; PEFC; Proton conductivity measurements

Indexed keywords

CASTING METHOD; CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; COMPOSITE NAFION MEMBRANES; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; H2; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MESOPOROUS SILICA; NAFION MEMBRANE; OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE; PEFC; POLYMERIC MATRICES; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILICA MATERIAL; SILICA MORPHOLOGY; SWELLING PARAMETERS; TETRA-ETHYL-ORTHO-SILICATE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

EID: 80054010238     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.07.031     Document Type: Article

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