Utilization of conducting polymers in fabricating polymer electrolyte membranes for application in direct methanol fuel cells

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-32

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

conducting polymers; direct methanol fuel cell; methanol crossover; polymer electrolyte membrane; proton conductivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892471879     PISSN: 15583724     EISSN: 15583716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583724.2013.839566     Document Type: Article

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