Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) containing Nafion composite membranes were prepared via melt-blending at 250 °C. Using three different types of CNTs such as pure CNTs (pCNTs), oxidised CNTs (oCNTs) and amine functionalised CNTs (fCNTs); the effect of CNTs surface oxidation as well as functionalisation in composite membranes was investigated by focussing on three aspects: thermo-mechanical stability, thermal degradation and proton conductivity. The oCNTs-containing Nafion composite membrane exhibited concurrent improvement in most of the properties as compared to that of pure Nafion or other CNTs-containing Nafion composite membranes
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Cele, N.P., Ray, S.S., Kesavan Pillai, S. et al. 2009. Carbon nanotubes based nafion composite membranes for fuel cell applications. Fuel Cells, Vol 10(1), pp 64-71
Cele, N., Ray, S., Kesavan Pillai, S., Ndwandwe, M., Nonjola, S., Sikhwivhilu, L., & Mathe, M. K. (2009). Carbon nanotubes based nafion composite membranes for fuel cell applications. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4179
Cele, NP, SS Ray, Sreejarani Kesavan Pillai, M Ndwandwe, S Nonjola, L Sikhwivhilu, and Mahlanyane K Mathe "Carbon nanotubes based nafion composite membranes for fuel cell applications." (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4179
Cele N, Ray S, Kesavan Pillai S, Ndwandwe M, Nonjola S, Sikhwivhilu L, et al. Carbon nanotubes based nafion composite membranes for fuel cell applications. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4179.
Copyright: 2009. Wiley-Blackwell. This is the post-print version of the work. The definitive version is published in the Fuel Cells Journal, Vol. 10(1), pp 64-71
