Substrate effect on the swelling and water sorption of Nafion nanomembranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 428, Issue , 2013, Pages 507-515

  Abuin, Graciela C ^a   Cecilia Fuertes, M ^b   Corti, Horacio R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA INDUSTRIAL   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aging; Nafion; Nanofilms; Substrate effect; Swelling; Water sorption

Indexed keywords

CARBON SUPPORTED CATALYST; ELLIPSOMETRIC POROSIMETRY; IONIC GROUP; NAFION; NAFION 117 MEMBRANES; NAFION FILM; NANO FILMS; NANOMEMBRANES; POLYMER MICROSTRUCTURES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SLOW RELAXATIONS; SUBSTRATE EFFECTS; SUBSTRATE NATURE; THREE-PHASE REGIONS; ULTRA-THIN; VAPOUR-PHASE; WATER MOLECULE; WATER SORPTION; WATER UPTAKE;

AGING OF MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SWELLING;

SORPTION;

CARBON NANOFIBER; NAFION; NANOFILM; POLYMER; TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELLIPSOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL ELLIPSOMETRIC POROSIMETRY; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84870937061     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.10.060     Document Type: Article

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