U.S. doe progress towards developing low-cost, high performance, durable polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cell applications

Membranes

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 855-878

  Houchins, Cassidy ^a   Kleen, Greg J ^b   Spendelow, Jacob S ^c   Kopasz, John ^d   Peterson, David ^b   Garland, Nancy L ^b   Ho, Donna Lee ^b   Marcinkoski, Jason ^b   Martin, Kathi Epping ^b   Tyler, Reginald ^b   Papageorgopoulos, Dimitrios C ^b  

^a GENERAL DYNAMICS   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cells; DMFC; Fuel cells; PEMFC; Polymer electrolyte membranes; Proton exchange electrolytes

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELLS; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; METHANOL; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS;

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; COST COMPONENTS; DRY CONDITION; ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; FUEL CELL SYSTEM; FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES; FUEL PERMEATION; LOW COSTS; METHANOL CROSSOVER; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; OPERATING CONDITION; PEMFC STACK; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; PRODUCTION VOLUMES; PROTON EXCHANGE; REACTANT GAS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SELECTIVE MEMBRANES; SYSTEM COMPLEXITY; TEMPERATURE OPERATION; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84871638655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/membranes2040855     Document Type: Article

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