Nafion-sulfonated dendrimer composite membranes for fuel cell applications

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 392-393, Issue , 2012, Pages 175-180

  Liyanage, Anjalee D ^a   Ferraris, John P ^a   Musselman, Inga H ^a   Yang, Duck Joo ^a   Andersson, Theodore E ^b   Son, David Y ^b   Balkus, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel cells; Nafion; Proton exchange membrane; Sulfonated dendrimers

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; NAFION; ORGANOSILICONES; PROTON CONDUCTING; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; PURE POLYMERS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SULFONIC ACID GROUPS; WATER RETENTION CAPABILITY;

BLENDING; DENDRIMERS; FUEL CELLS; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTONS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

BIOFUEL; DENDRIMER; NAFION SULFONATED DENDRIMER COMPOSITE MEMBRANE; NANOCOMPOSITE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; HUMIDITY; HYDROPHILICITY; ION EXCHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 84856093369     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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