Heteropoly acid functionalized fluoroelastomer with outstanding chemical durability and performance for vehicular fuel cells

Motz, Andrew R.; Kuo, Mei-Chen; Horan, James L.; Yadav, Rameshwar; Seifert, Soenke; Pandey, Tara P.; Galioto, Samuel; Yang, Yuan; Dale, Nilesh V.; Hamrock, Steven J.; Herring, Andrew M.

doi:10.1039/c8ee00545a

Title: Heteropoly acid functionalized fluoroelastomer with outstanding chemical durability and performance for vehicular fuel cells

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ee00545a· OSTI ID:1480862

Motz, Andrew R. ^[1]; Kuo, Mei-Chen ^[1]; Horan, James L. ^[1]; Yadav, Rameshwar ^[2]; Seifert, Soenke ^[3]; Pandey, Tara P. ^[1]; Galioto, Samuel ^[1]; Yang, Yuan ^[4]; Dale, Nilesh V. ^[2]; Hamrock, Steven J. ^[5];

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Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Colorado School of Mines; Golden; USA
Nissan Technical Center North America; Farmington Hills; USA
X-ray Science Division; Advanced Photon Source; Argonne National Laboratory; Argonne; USA
Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry; Colorado School of Mines; Golden; USA
Energy Components Program, 3M; St. Paul; USA

A membrane using heterpolyacids as the protogenic group can solve the chemical durability issue of polymer electrolyte fuel cells.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1480862

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 11, Issue 6; ISSN 1754-5692

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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