A novel membrane for DMFC - Na 2Ti 3O 7 Nanotubes/Nafion ® composite membrane: Performances studies

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1857-1864

  Wei, Yongsheng ^a,b   Matar, Saif ^b   Shen, Liangbo ^c   Zhang, Xinwei ^d   Guo, Zhijun ^d   Zhu, Hong ^a   Liu, Hongtan ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^c Beijing No 4 High School   (China)

^d BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DMFC; Methanol cross over; Na 2Ti 3O 7 Nafion composite membrane; Sodium titanate nanotubes

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; CATHODE HUMIDIFICATION TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; METHANOL CROSS-OVER; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; SODIUM TITANATE NANOTUBES; SODIUM TITANATES; SYSTEMATIC EXPERIMENT;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); FLOW RATE; MEMBRANES; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; NANOTUBES; SODIUM;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84855690952     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.08.107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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