Inorganic-organic membranes based on Nafion, [(ZrO 2) ·(HfO 2) 0.25] and [(SiO 2) ·(HfO 2) 0.28] nanoparticles. Part II: Relaxations and conductivity mechanism

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 6215-6227

  Di Noto, Vito ^a   Boaretto, Nicola ^a   Negro, Enrico ^a   Stallworth, Phil E ^b   Lavina, Sandra ^a   Giffin, Guinevere A ^a   Greenbaum, Steve G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband electric spectroscopy; Dynamical mechanic analysis; Hybrid inorganic organic proton conducting membranes; Nafion; Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells; Pulse field gradient spin echo NMR

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND ELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPIES; DYNAMICAL MECHANIC ANALYSIS; HYBRID INORGANIC-ORGANIC PROTON-CONDUCTING MEMBRANES; NAFION; SPIN-ECHO NMR;

DYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOPARTICLES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SILICON COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

HAFNIUM OXIDES;

EID: 84858286264     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.07.135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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