Sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone)/ethylene glycol/polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane hybrid membranes for fuel cell applications

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 5979-5991

  Gupta, Deeksha ^a   Choudhary, Veena ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Proton conductivity; SPEEK; TSP POSS; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPIES (AFM); CROSSLINKER; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; HYBRID MEMBRANE; SEM-EDX; SPEEK; SULFONATED POLY(ETHER ETHER KETONE)S; TSP POSS; WATER UPTAKE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84858283592     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.12.141     Document Type: Article

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