Polybenzimidazole and sulfonated polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane composite membranes for high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 182-190

  Aili, David ^a   Allward, Todd ^b   Alfaro, Silvia Martinez ^b   Hartmann Thompson, Claire ^c,d   Steenberg, Thomas ^b   Hjuler, Hans Aage ^b   Li, Qingfeng ^a   Jensen, Jens Oluf ^a   Stark, Edmund J ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Danish Power Systems   (Denmark)

^c MICHIGAN MOLECULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Solvay Specialty Polymers USA LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

composite membrane; fuel cells; polybenzimidazole; S POSS; sulfonated polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane

Indexed keywords

CASTING; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

CONDUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; S-POSS; SULFONATED POLYHEDRAL OLIGOSILSESQUIOXANE;

PHOSPHORIC ACID FUEL CELLS (PAFC); COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84906950998     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.03.047     Document Type: Article

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