This paper reports the synthesis and the properties of microporous, ceramic-added, composite poly(vinylidene) fluoride (PVdF)-based proton conducting membranes for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). The favorable characteristics of these membranes are an high and stable conductivity, a proton transport mechanism not critically related to the water content, the low cost, and the low methanol crossover. Tests in a methanol-air laboratory cell demonstrate the applicability of these membranes in DMFCs. (C) 2003 The Electrochemical Society.
PVdF-based membranes for DMFC applications / Navarra, MARIA ASSUNTA; Materazzi, Stefano; Panero, Stefania; Scrosati, Bruno. - In: JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 0013-4651. - 150:11(2003), pp. A1528-A1532. [10.1149/1.1615607]
PVdF-based membranes for DMFC applications
NAVARRA, MARIA ASSUNTA;MATERAZZI, Stefano;PANERO, Stefania;SCROSATI, Bruno
2003
Abstract
This paper reports the synthesis and the properties of microporous, ceramic-added, composite poly(vinylidene) fluoride (PVdF)-based proton conducting membranes for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). The favorable characteristics of these membranes are an high and stable conductivity, a proton transport mechanism not critically related to the water content, the low cost, and the low methanol crossover. Tests in a methanol-air laboratory cell demonstrate the applicability of these membranes in DMFCs. (C) 2003 The Electrochemical Society.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
