• DocumentCode
    644711
  • Title

    Comparative study of water absorption and retention of nafion and its hybrid polymer electrolytic membranes using terahertz spectroscopy

  • Author

    Ray, Sambaran ; Dash, Jitendra ; Nallappan, Kathirvel ; Meenakshi, S. ; Bhat, Santoshkumar D. ; Pesala, Bala

  • Author_Institution
    Central Electron. Eng. Res. Inst., Chennai, India
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    1-6 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Nafion membranes are used as proton exchange membranes in fuel cells. Water absorption and retention capacity of Nafion membranes play a key role in determining the electrochemical conversion efficiencies. Here, we use Terahertz spectroscopy to study different Nafion membranes and show that hybrid membranes have higher water absorption/retention capacity.
  • Keywords
    absorption; polymer electrolytes; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; terahertz spectroscopy; Nafion membranes; electrochemical conversion efficiencies; fuel cells; hybrid polymer electrolytic membranes; proton exchange membranes; terahertz spectroscopy; water absorption; water retention; Protons; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Mainz
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665680
  • Filename
    6665680
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=644711