Magnetically aligned nanodomains: Application in high-performance ion conductive membranes

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 7099-7107

  Hasani Sadrabadi, Mohammad Mahdi ^a,b,c,d   Majedi, Fatemeh Sadat ^d   Coullerez, Géraldine ^c   Dashtimoghadam, Erfan ^e   Vandersarl, Jules John ^b   Bertsch, Arnaud ^b   Moaddel, Homayoun ^f   Jacob, Karl I ^a   Renaud, Philippe ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Institute of Microengineering   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Surveying and Geomatics Engineering   (Iran)

^e AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^f Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

aligned nanodomains; fuel cell; nanocomposite membranes; polymer decorating nanoparticles; proton conductivity; SPION

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; FUEL CELLS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; NANO DOMAIN; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; POLYELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SPION; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

MEMBRANES;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHITOSAN; DEXTRAN; ELECTROLYTE; FLUOROCARBON; HYDROGEN; ION; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN; PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID; PROTON; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; HUMIDITY; POWER SUPPLY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE;

CHITOSAN; DEXTRANS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FLUOROCARBON POLYMERS; HUMIDITY; HYDROGEN; IONS; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OXYGEN; PROTONS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84901675855     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am406042w     Document Type: Article

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