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Sigwadi, R
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Dhlamini, MS
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Mokrani, T
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Nemavhola, F
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Nonjola, Patrick NT
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Msomi, PF
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2020-03-24T09:25:05Z |
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2020-03-24T09:25:05Z |
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2019-08 |
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Sigwadi, R. et al. 2019. The proton conductivity and mechanical properties of Nafion/ ZrP nanocomposite membrane. Heliyon, vol. 5(8): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02240 |
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2405-8440 |
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019359006
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02240
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http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11393
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Zirconium phosphates (ZrP) were incorporated into Nafion® 117 membrane by impregnating method to obtain a reduced methanol permeation and improved proton conductivity for fuel cell application. The mechanical properties and water uptake of Nafion® membrane incorporated with zirconium phosphates nanoparticles was more improvement when compared to the commercial Nafion® 117, due to the presence of phosphoric acid within the nanoparticles. The effect of ZrP nano filler on the membrane structural morphology and thermal properties were investigated by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The improved ion conductivity and decreased methanol permeability on the nanocomposite membranes showed a great potential for fuel cell applications. The nanocomposite membrane with high tensile strength was obtained due to the well dispersed zirconium phosphates within the Nafion® matrix. |
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Copyright 2019 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Workflow;23119 |
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Nanotechnology |
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Nanomaterials |
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Coatings |
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Materials class |
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Computational materials science |
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Zirconium phosphates |
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Proton conductivity |
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Water uptake |
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Methanol permeability |
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The proton conductivity and mechanical properties of Nafion®/ ZrP nanocomposite membrane |
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Conference Presentation |
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Sigwadi, R., Dhlamini, M., Mokrani, T., Nemavhola, F., Nonjola, P. N., & Msomi, P. (2019). The proton conductivity and mechanical properties of Nafion®/ ZrP nanocomposite membrane. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11393 |
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Sigwadi, R, MS Dhlamini, T Mokrani, F Nemavhola, Patrick NT Nonjola, and PF Msomi. "The proton conductivity and mechanical properties of Nafion®/ ZrP nanocomposite membrane." (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11393 |
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Sigwadi R, Dhlamini M, Mokrani T, Nemavhola F, Nonjola PN, Msomi P, The proton conductivity and mechanical properties of Nafion®/ ZrP nanocomposite membrane; 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11393 . |
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TY - Conference Presentation
AU - Sigwadi, R
AU - Dhlamini, MS
AU - Mokrani, T
AU - Nemavhola, F
AU - Nonjola, Patrick NT
AU - Msomi, PF
AB - Zirconium phosphates (ZrP) were incorporated into Nafion® 117 membrane by impregnating method to obtain a reduced methanol permeation and improved proton conductivity for fuel cell application. The mechanical properties and water uptake of Nafion® membrane incorporated with zirconium phosphates nanoparticles was more improvement when compared to the commercial Nafion® 117, due to the presence of phosphoric acid within the nanoparticles. The effect of ZrP nano filler on the membrane structural morphology and thermal properties were investigated by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The improved ion conductivity and decreased methanol permeability on the nanocomposite membranes showed a great potential for fuel cell applications. The nanocomposite membrane with high tensile strength was obtained due to the well dispersed zirconium phosphates within the Nafion® matrix.
DA - 2019-08
DB - ResearchSpace
DP - CSIR
KW - Nanotechnology
KW - Nanomaterials
KW - Coatings
KW - Materials class
KW - Computational materials science
KW - Zirconium phosphates
KW - Proton conductivity
KW - Water uptake
KW - Methanol permeability
LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za
PY - 2019
SM - 2405-8440
T1 - The proton conductivity and mechanical properties of Nafion®/ ZrP nanocomposite membrane
TI - The proton conductivity and mechanical properties of Nafion®/ ZrP nanocomposite membrane
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11393
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