A combined theoretical and experimental investigation of the transport properties of water in a perfluorosulfonic acid proton exchange membrane doped with the heteropoly acids, H3PW12O40 or H 4SiW12O40

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 854-863

  Liu, Yuan ^a   Sambasivarao, Somisetti V ^a   Horan, James L ^a   Yang, Yuan ^a   Maupin, C Mark ^a   Herring, Andrew M ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC VAPOR SORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HYDROGEN BONDING NETWORK; NERNST-EINSTEIN EQUATION; PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SELF-DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; WATER DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; IONOMERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); VAPORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

EID: 84892715674     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4099232     Document Type: Article

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