Stack performance of phosphotungstic acid functionalized mesoporous silica (HPW-meso-silica) nanocomposite high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 12830-12837

  Zeng, Jie ^a,b   Jin, Benqin ^d   Shen, Pei Kang ^b   He, Beibei ^a   Lamb, Krystina ^c   De Marco, Roland ^c   Jiang, San Ping ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

High temperature; PEM; Phosphotungstic acid functionalized mesoporous silica; Proton exchange membrane fuel cells; Stack performance; Startup and shut down

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE SURFACE AREA; FUNCTIONALIZED; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; PEM; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; STACK PERFORMANCE; STARTUP AND SHUTDOWN CYCLING;

NANOCOMPOSITES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

SILICA;

EID: 84883782304     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.07.108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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