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ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 9-12Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2011.09.022
Keywords
Nafion; Direct methanol fuel cell; Supercritical carbon dioxide; Proton conductivity; Methanol permeability
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20904031]
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Supercritical carbon dioxide (Sc-CO2) thermal treatment to enhance performance of Nafion 212 (NR212) commercial membranes for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) is described. It is shown that the microstructure of NR212 membranes is re-organized after the Sc-CO2 treatment, and then the performance of NR212 membranes is improved. Specifically the thinner NR212 membranes after the Sc-CO2 treatments have higher proton conductivity and better capacity of barrier to methanol crossover compared with the thicker Nafion 117 membranes. It is demonstrated that the DMFC performance of the Sc-CO2 treated NR212 membranes is better than that of Nafion 117 membranes. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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