Polyimide Ionomer Membranes for PEFCs and DMFCs

Membranes for Energy Conversion

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 47-59

  Miyatake, Kenji ^a   Watanabe, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

DMFC performance; PEFC performance; Polyimide ionomer membranes; Sulfonated polyimide ionomers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889985051     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527622146.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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