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Low-cost non-fluorinated membranes for fuel cells

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dc.contributor.author Luo, H
dc.contributor.author Mathe, Mahlanyane K
dc.date.accessioned 2010-08-31T07:56:16Z
dc.date.available 2010-08-31T07:56:16Z
dc.date.issued 2010-08-31
dc.identifier.citation Luo, H and Mathe, M. 2010. Low-cost non-fluorinated membranes for fuel cells. CSIR 3rd Beinnual Conference 2010, Science Real and Relevant, CSIR International Convention Center, Pretoria, South Africa, pp 1 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4235
dc.description CSIR 3rd Beinnual Conference 2010, Science Real and Relevant, CSIR International Convention Center, Pretoria, South Africa en
dc.description.abstract Energy is one of the most important factors that will influence the shape of society in the 21st century. Fuel cells are electrochemical energy converters, transforming chemical energy directly into electricity. Fuel cells are the main zero emission energy converters fed with hydrogen or renewable fuels like methanol and ethanol to power vehicles, portable devices or to supply electricity to buildings. Fuel cell technology will forever change our concept of alternative energy systems and will become the driver of the next growth wave of the world’s economy. A proton conductive membrane is the core of the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). Presently, Nafion® membranes are widely used in PEMFC. However, the high cost, low operation temperature (<80°C), propensity for dehydration, high methanol crossover, and environmental recycling uncertainties of Nafion® and other similar fluorinated membranes are limiting their widespread commercial application in PEMFC and DMFC [1-3]. Therefore, developing cheaper membranes with low methanol crossover have become an active area of research We developed low-cost proton conductive membranes based on non-fluorinated polymer. The membranes are thermally and chemically stable, mechanically strong, highly proton conductive and have low fuel crossover. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher CSIR en
dc.subject Non-fluorinated membranes en
dc.subject Fuel cells en
dc.subject CSIR Conference 2010 en
dc.subject Energy en
dc.title Low-cost non-fluorinated membranes for fuel cells en
dc.type Conference Presentation en
dc.identifier.apacitation Luo, H., & Mathe, M. K. (2010). Low-cost non-fluorinated membranes for fuel cells. CSIR. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4235 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Luo, H, and Mahlanyane K Mathe. "Low-cost non-fluorinated membranes for fuel cells." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4235 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Luo H, Mathe MK, Low-cost non-fluorinated membranes for fuel cells; CSIR; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4235 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Luo, H AU - Mathe, Mahlanyane K AB - Energy is one of the most important factors that will influence the shape of society in the 21st century. Fuel cells are electrochemical energy converters, transforming chemical energy directly into electricity. Fuel cells are the main zero emission energy converters fed with hydrogen or renewable fuels like methanol and ethanol to power vehicles, portable devices or to supply electricity to buildings. Fuel cell technology will forever change our concept of alternative energy systems and will become the driver of the next growth wave of the world’s economy. A proton conductive membrane is the core of the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). Presently, Nafion® membranes are widely used in PEMFC. However, the high cost, low operation temperature (<80°C), propensity for dehydration, high methanol crossover, and environmental recycling uncertainties of Nafion® and other similar fluorinated membranes are limiting their widespread commercial application in PEMFC and DMFC [1-3]. Therefore, developing cheaper membranes with low methanol crossover have become an active area of research We developed low-cost proton conductive membranes based on non-fluorinated polymer. The membranes are thermally and chemically stable, mechanically strong, highly proton conductive and have low fuel crossover. DA - 2010-08-31 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Non-fluorinated membranes KW - Fuel cells KW - CSIR Conference 2010 KW - Energy LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2010 T1 - Low-cost non-fluorinated membranes for fuel cells TI - Low-cost non-fluorinated membranes for fuel cells UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4235 ER - en_ZA


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