Super Proton Conductive Nafion Nanofibers: Discovery, Fabrication, Properties, and Fuel Cell Performance Conference Paper

abstract

• In this study, we report on the discovery, fabrication, properties and fuel cell performance of Nafion nanofibers. Fibers of Nafion on the order of 50 nm in diameter were discovered in fuel cell electrodes and were found to have an impact on fuel cell performance. Therefore, we explored the fabrication of nanofiber-based electrodes. High purity (99.9 wt%) Nafion nanofibers were produced via electrospinning and the proton conductivity of a single Nafion nanofiber was an order of magnitude higher than Nafion bulk films. The fabrication and testing of membrane electrode assemblies with nanofiber-based electrodes is currently under exploration.

authors

• Elabd, Yossef

published proceedings

• POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS 11

author list (cited authors)

• Dong, B., Chen, H., Snyder, J. D., & Elabd, Y. A.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Dong, B||Chen, H||Snyder, JD||Elabd, YA

publication date

• October 2011

publisher

• The Electrochemical Society  Publisher

published in

• ECS Transactions  Journal

keywords

• Bioengineering
• Nanotechnology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1149/1.3635680

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 978-1-60768-255-4

start page

• 1503

end page

• 1506

volume

• 41

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1.3635680