Hybrid inorganic-organic nanocomposite polymer electrolytes based on Nafion and fluorinated TiO 2 for PEMFCs

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 6169-6181

  Di Noto, Vito ^a   Bettiol, Mauro ^b   Bassetto, Fabio ^b   Boaretto, Nicola ^a   Negro, Enrico ^a   Lavina, Sandra ^a   Bertasi, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b BRETON SPA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamical mechanic analyses; Fabrication and testing of membrane electrode assemblies; Hybrid inorganic organic proton conducting membranes; Nafion; Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells; Vibrational spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BACK PRESSURES; DYNAMICAL MECHANIC ANALYSES; EX SITU; HYBRID INORGANIC-ORGANIC; HYBRID MEMBRANE; HYDRATION DEGREE; MASS FRACTION; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; NAFION; NANOFILLER; OPERATING CONDITION; PROTON EXCHANGE CAPACITY; PROTON-CONDUCTING MEMBRANES; SINGLE FUELS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TIO; TITANIA; WATER UPTAKE;

ELECTROLYTES; FABRICATION; MEMBRANES; MODEL STRUCTURES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PROTONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84858283673     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.07.131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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