Membranes for low and medium temperature fuel cells. State-of-the-art and new trends 1

Petroleum Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 480-491

  Pourcelly, Gérald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b Fuel Cells and Systems PACS 3339   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE MODIFICATION; MEMBRANE SYNTHESIS; MODERN TECHNOLOGIES; WORKING TEMPERATURES;

GAS EMISSIONS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84855660836     PISSN: 09655441     EISSN: 15556239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0965544111070103     Document Type: Article

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