Facile synthesis of porous metal oxide nanotubes and modified nafion composite membranes for polymer electrolyte fuel cells operated under low relative humidity

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 16734-16744

  Ketpang, Kriangsak ^a   Lee, Kibong ^a   Shanmugam, Sangaraju ^a  

^a Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

electrospinning; mesoporous TiO2 nanotubes; metal oxide; Nafion composite membrane; PEFCs

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTROSPINNING; FUEL CELLS; MEMBRANES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; NANOFIBERS; NANOTUBES; OHMIC CONTACTS; POLYACRYLONITRILES; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SOLID ELECTROLYTES; SPINNING (FIBERS); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER ABSORPTION; YARN; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; MESOPOROUS TIO; METAL OXIDES; NAFION COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; PEFCS; POLYACRYLONITRILE NANOFIBERS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84907890726     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am503789d     Document Type: Article

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