Correlation between proton conductivity, thermal stability and structural symmetries in novel HPW-meso-silica nanocomposite membranes and their performance in direct methanol fuel cells

• Main Authors: Zeng, Jie, Shen, Pei Kong, Lu, Shanfu, Xiang, Yan, Li, Lin, De Marco, Roland, Jiang, San Ping
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99261; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/13627
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The intrinsic relationship between proton conductivity, thermal stability and structural symmetries of phosphotungstic acid (HPW)-functionalized mesoporous silica (HPW-meso-silica) membrane was investigated with mesoporous silica from 2D hexagonal p6mm, 3D face-centered cubic (View the MathML source...