Mollá Romano, Sergio(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-12-09)
[EN] Direct methanol fuel cells are feasible devices for efficient electrochemical power generation if some issues can be solved regarding both electrodes and membranes. The research carried out in this Ph.D. thesis has ...
[EN] Novel blend membranes have been prepared from Chitosan (CH), Pectin (PEC) and their mixtures. The obtained samples were cross-linked and sulfonated before characterization. The results show that CH/PEC membranes display ...
Novel polyelectrolyte membranes were prepared from pure solutions of alginate (Alg), carrageenan (Car) and their mixtures. The films were crosslinked and sulfonated and then, characterized by several techniques: ionic ...
[EN] Methanol crossover through polymer electrolyte membranes
is a critical issue and causes an important reduction of per-
formance in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). Measuring
the evolution of CO
2
gas in the ...
This work has been focused on the characterization of the methanol permeability and fuel cell performance of composite Nafion/PVA membranes in function of their thickness, which ranged from 19 to 97 mu m. The composite ...
[EN] Sulfonated poly(ether–ether–ketone) materials (SPEEK) are good proton conductors at high degrees of sulfonation and appropriate for high temperature application due to their glass transition temperatures around 200 ...