More sustainable electricity generation in hot and dry fuel cells with a novel hybrid membrane of Nafion/nano-silica/hydroxyl ionic liquid

A new hybrid proton exchange membrane (PEM) has been prepared from hydroxyl functionalized imidazolium ionic liquid (IL-OH), Nafion and nano-SiO2. The IL-OH, with a hydroxyl group that acts as both a proton acceptor and donor, forms strong hydrogen bonds with both Nafion and nano-SiO2, resulting in...

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Main Authors: Li, Yan, Shi, Yan, Mehio, Nada, Tan, Mingsheng, Wang, Zhiyong, Hu, Xiaohong, Chen, George Z., Dai, Sheng, Jin, Xianbo
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33649/