Water and charge transport models in proton exchange membranes: An overview

Desalination

Volumn 287, Issue , 2012, Pages 238-246

  Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud ^a   Aly, Amgad Ahmed ^a  

^a MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

PEMFC; Physical models; Polymer electrolyte membrane; Proton transport; Water transport

Indexed keywords

CHARGE-TRANSPORT MODEL; INTENSIVE RESEARCH; PHYSICAL MODELS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PROTON TRANSPORT; ROLE OF WATER; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; WATER ADSORPTION; WATER DIFFUSION; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER TRANSPORT MODELS;

ADSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; MODELS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

ADSORPTION; FLOW MODELING; HYDRATION; MEMBRANE; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84856562463     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.06.054     Document Type: Article

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