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Ionic liquids based new proton conducting membranes for fuel cell applications above 100 degC.

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The work has the potential to support fuel cells working at temperatures above 100 degC

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Above 100 degC, the conventional proton conducting membrane, Nafion membrane, will not work properly because of lost of water content in the material.

Professor George Zheng Chen
University of Nottingham

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This page is a summary of: More sustainable electricity generation in hot and dry fuel cells with a novel hybrid membrane of Nafion/nano-silica/hydroxyl ionic liquid, Applied Energy, August 2016, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.03.075.
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