SGO/SPES-based highly conducting polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cell application

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5595-5601

  Gahlot, Swati ^a   Sharma, Prem Prakash ^a   Kulshrestha, Vaibhav ^a,b   Jha, Prafulla K ^c  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

^c M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

graphene oxide; PEMs; poly(ether sulfone); proton conductivity; thermomechanical properties

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ETHERS; GRAPHENE; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY;

GRAPHENE OXIDES; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; PEMS; POLYETHER SULFONE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; SULFONATED POLY (ETHER SULFONE); THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84899527821     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5000504     Document Type: Article

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