Highly conductive anion exchange membrane for high power density fuel-cell performance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 13330-13333

  Ren, Xiaoming ^a   Price, Samuel C ^a   Jackson, Aaron C ^a   Pomerantz, Natalie ^b   Beyer, Frederick L ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anion exchange membrane; conductivity; fuel cell; mechanic properties; water transport

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FUEL CELLS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; ANION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES; MECHANIC PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE CHARACTERIZATION; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL (PEMFCS); WATER TRANSPORT;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84906821037     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am503870g     Document Type: Article

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