Hydroxyl anion conducting membranes poly(vinyl alcohol)/ poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) for alkaline fuel cell applications: Effect of molecular weight

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 351-358

  Zhang, Jing ^a   Zhou, Tianchi ^b   Qiao, Jinli ^a,b   Liu, Yuyu ^c   Zhang, Jiujun ^a,d  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANCHENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkaline anion exchange membrane; Hydroxide conductivity; Molecular weight effect; Single cell performance; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLARIFICATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; IONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STABILITY;

ALKALINE ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; DENSE NETWORK STRUCTURES; HYDROXIDE CONDUCTIVITIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT EFFECT; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); POLY(DIALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE); SINGLE CELL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL GRAVITY ANALYSIS;

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84883243457     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.07.182     Document Type: Article

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