Nafion®/histidine functionalized carbon nanotube: High-performance fuel cell membranes

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 5894-5902

  Asgari, Mahsa S ^a   Nikazar, Manouchehr ^a   Molla Abbasi, Payam ^a   Hasani Sadrabadi, Mohammad Mahdi ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cell; Fuel cell efficiency; Imidazole functionalized carbon nanotube; Nanocomposite proton exchange membranes

Indexed keywords

FUEL CELL EFFICIENCY; FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POLYELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; MEMBRANES; METHANOL; NANOCOMPOSITES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84876705995     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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