New developments in proton conducting membranes for fuel cells

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-78

  Wycisk, Ryszard ^a   Pintauro, Peter N ^a   Park, Jun Woo ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; IONOMERS; MEMBRANES; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY;

AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; COMMERCIAL MATERIALS; COMMERCIAL MEMBRANES; EQUIVALENT WEIGHT; HYDROCARBON POLYMERS; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; METHANOL CROSSOVER; PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANES;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84894243097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2014.01.012     Document Type: Review

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