In situ fabrication of nafion-titanate hybrid electrolytes for high-temperature direct ethanol fuel cell

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 16863-16870

  Matos, Bruno R ^a   Isidoro, Roberta A ^a   Santiago, Elisabete I ^a   Linardi, Marcelo ^a   Ferlauto, Andre S ^b   Tavares, Ana C ^c   Fonseca, Fabio C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c INRS EMT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID ELECTROLYTES; HYDROPHILIC DOMAINS; IN-SITU FABRICATION; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED HYDROTHERMAL; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TITANIA NANO-PARTICLES;

ASPECT RATIO; DIRECT ETHANOL FUEL CELLS (DEFC); ELECTROLYTES; HYDROPHILICITY; NANORODS; NANOTUBES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84883197305     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp405754v     Document Type: Article

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