Browsing by Author "Luo, Hongze"

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    Polymer/nano-organic composite proton exchange membranes for direct methanol fuel cell application
    (University of the Western Cape, 2005) Luo, Hongze; Linkov, Vladimir M.; Shan, Ji; Dept. of Chemistry; Faculty of Science
    The proton exchange membrane is one key component of direct methanol fuel cells, which has double functions of conducting protons, separating fuels and oxidant. At present, the performance and price of sulfonic acid proton exchange membrane used in direct methanol fuel cells are deeply concerned. In order to reduce membrane 's cost and improve performance of Nafion membrane, three different kinds of membranes have been studied in this thesis. These membranes are SPEEK membranes, SPEEK/ZP composite membranes and Nafion/ZP composite membranes.
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    Proton conducting polymer composite membrane development for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell applications
    (University of Western Cape, 2008) Luo, Hongze; Vaivars, Guntars
    The objective of this study was thus to prepare highly proton condictivity membranes that are cheap to manufacture and have low methanol permeability.