Acid Functionalized Poly(arylene ether)s for Proton-conducting Membranes

  • Shin, Chong-Kyu (Lehrstuhl for Makromolekulare Stoffe, Technische Universitat Munchen) ;
  • Gerhard Maier (Lehrstuhl for Makromolekulare Stoffe, Technische Universitat Munchen) ;
  • Gunther G. Scherer (Labor fur Elektrochemie, Brennstoffzellen, Paul Scherrer Institut)
  • Published : 2004.05.01

Abstract

Fuel Cells are clean and efficient electrochemical devices that convert the chemical energy stored in a fuel with oxygen from air directly into usable electricity without using a conventional combustion process. Because of the great importance of proton conducting membranes in fuel cells for certain applications as mobile power generators, significant research efforts have been devoted to these membranes during the last 30 years.(omitted)

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