Proton conductivity of Nafion/ex situ Stöber silica nanocomposite membranes as a function of silica particle size and temperature

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1566-1573

  Muriithi, Beatrice ^a,c   Loy, Douglas A ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c WATERS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; SILICA NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICA PARTICLE SIZE; SULFONIC ACID GROUPS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

NANOCOMPOSITES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY;

SILICA;

EID: 84891624019     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-013-7839-y     Document Type: Article

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