Proton-conducting blend membranes of Nafion/poly(vinylphosphonic acid) for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Journal of Polymer Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Sen, Unal ^a,d   Acar, Oktay ^b   Celik, Sevim Unugur ^c   Bozkurt, Ayhan ^c   Ata, Ali ^b   Tokumasu, Takashi ^d   Miyamoto, Akira ^d  

^a ABDULLAH GUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blend membranes; Nafion; PEM fuel cell; Poly(vinylphosphonic acid); Proton conductivity

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; FREE RADICALS; MEMBRANES; MOLAR RATIO; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BLEND MEMBRANES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; NAFION; PEM FUEL CELL; PROTON CONDUCTING; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; VINYLPHOSPHONIC ACIDS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84881010889     PISSN: 10229760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10965-013-0217-2     Document Type: Article

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