Alkyl chain modified sulfonated poly(ether sulfone) for fuel cell applications

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2889-2899

  Krishnan, N Nambi ^a   Henkensmeier, Dirk ^a   Jang, Jong Hyun ^a   Kim, Hyoung Juhn ^a   Ha, Heung Yong ^a   Nam, Suk Woo ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alkyl chain modification; Direct methanol fuel cell; Fuel cell membrane; Poly(ether sulfone); Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ALKYL CHAIN; BOILING WATER; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; LOW METHANOL PERMEABILITY; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; METHANOL CROSSOVER; METHANOL FEED; PEAK POWER DENSITIES; PEM FUEL CELL; POLYETHER SULFONE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; THERMALLY STABLE;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ETHERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANOL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84873167866     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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