Carbon Nanotubes Reinforced Nafion Composite Membrane for Fuel Cell Applications
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- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- Published by The Electrochemical Society in Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters
- Vol. 9 (7) , A356-A359
Abstract
A carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reinforced Nafion composite membrane for the fuel cell was developed. CNTs/Nafion composite membrane, in which CNTs were dispersed uniformly, was prepared by solution-casting. CNTs reinforced membranes, with the addition of a small amount of CNTs , showed excellent mechanical strength. The CNTs/Nafion composite membrane could also decrease dimensional change compared with the commercial Nafion membrane. The performance of the CNTs reinforced composite membrane was almost the same as the cell prepared with commercial Nafion NRE-212 membrane.Keywords
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