Fuel cell membranes by radiation-induced graft copolymerization: Current status, challenges, and future directions

Polymer Membranes for Fuel Cells

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 87-114

  Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73532-0_5     Document Type: Chapter

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