Polymer electrolyte membrane with high selectivity ratio for direct methanol fuel cells: A preliminary study based on blends of partially sulfonated polymers polyaniline and PVdF-co-HFP

Applied Energy

Volumn 118, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-191

  Dutta, Kingshuk ^a   Das, Suparna ^a   Kumar, Piyush ^a   Kundu, Patit Paban ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cell; Partial sulfonation; Polymer electrolyte membrane; Sufonated polyaniline; Sulfonated poly(vinylidene fluoride co hexafluoro propylene)

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COPOLYMERS; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METHANOL; POLYANILINE; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROPYLENE; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SULFONATION;

ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; LOW METHANOL PERMEABILITY; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; SULFONATED COPOLYMER; SULFONATED POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-CO-HEXAFLUORO PROPYLENE); SULFONATED POLYANILINE;

POLYMERS;

ELECTROLYTE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL; MEMBRANE; METHANOL; PERMEABILITY; POLYMER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFONATE;

EID: 84892452657     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.12.029     Document Type: Article

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