Effect of compression on PFSA-ionomer morphology and predicted conductivity changes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 421-422, Issue , 2012, Pages 283-291

  Kusoglu, Ahmet ^a   Hexemer, Alexander ^a   Jiang, Ruichun ^b   Gittleman, Craig S ^b   Weber, Adam Z ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Conductivity; Domain spacing; Nafion; SAXS

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY CHANGES; DOMAIN SPACING; ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY; ENERGY DEVICES; FUNCTION OF PRESSURE; NAFION; NAFION MEMBRANE; PFSA MEMBRANES; SAXS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; STRONG ANISOTROPY; STRUCTURAL ANISOTROPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL MORPHOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; COMPACTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES;

MEMBRANES;

NANOMATERIAL; PERFLUORINATED SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONDUCTANCE; HUMIDITY; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; WATER CONTENT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84866004916     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.07.027     Document Type: Article

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