Proton selective ionic graphene-based membrane for high concentration direct methanol fuel cells

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 467, Issue , 2014, Pages 217-225

  Paneri, Abhilash ^a   Heo, Yunseon ^b   Ehlert, Gregory ^a   Cottrill, Anton ^c   Sodano, Henry ^a,b   Pintauro, Peter ^c   Moghaddam, Saeed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC); Graphene oxide (GO) membrane; High methanol concentration; Methanol crossover; Proton selectivity

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; MEMBRANES; METHANOL; MOLECULES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

CONDUCTIVITY CHANGES; GRAPHENE OXIDES; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; METHANOL CROSSOVER; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

GRAPHENE OXIDE; ION CHANNEL; METHANOL; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CONDUCTANCE; CYTOMETRY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL; GRAPHENE OXIDE MEMBRANE; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; PROTON TRANSPORT; THROMBOCYTE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TRANSPORT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84902001369     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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