Free Volume and Permeabilities of O2 and H2 in Nafion Membranes
Gas permeation in Nafion membranes for polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFC) has been investigated based on free volume evaluated from ortho-positronium lifetimes. Good linear correlations between the logarithm of the O2 and H2 permeabilities in the dry state at different temperatures and reciprocal free volume indicate that gas permeation in dry Nafion is governed by the free volume. Nevertheless permeabilities are much smaller than the corresponding flexible chain polymer with a similar free volume size due to stiff chains of the perfluoroethylene backbone.
Y.Kobayashi H.F.M.Mohamed K.Ito N.Takimoto Y.Takeoka A.Ohira
NMIJ,National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology,Tsukuba,Ibaraki 305-8565,Japan FC-Cubic,National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tokyo 135-0064,Japan;Physi FC-Cubic,National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tokyo 135-0064,Japan FC-Cubic,National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Tokyo 135-0064,Japan;Depar
国际会议
第九届国际正电子与正电子素国际会议(9th International Workshop on Positron and Positronium Chemistry)(PPC–9)
武汉
英文
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2008-05-11(万方平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)