Passive approach for the improved dispersion of polyvinyl alcohol-based functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes/Nafion® membranes for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 9329-9334

  Sayeed, M D Abu ^a   Talukdar, Krishan ^a   Kim, Hee Jin ^a   Park, Younjin ^a   Gopalan, A I ^a   Kim, Young Ho ^a,b   Lee, Kwang Pill ^a   Choi, Sang June ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Daegu Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fuel cells; Multi walled carbon nanotube; MWCNT dispersion; Nafion ; Polymer blend; Polyvinyl alcohol

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; CROSSLINKING; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMER MATRIX; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; YARN;

FUEL CELL APPLICATION; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; FUNCTIONALIZED MWCNTS; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; SOLUTION-CASTING METHOD;

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84911886965     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: 15334899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2014.10125     Document Type: Article

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