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  • Studies on the Preparation and Characterization of Poly(vinyl alcohol-co-styrenesulfonic acid)-Based Proton Exchange Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

  • Rikarani R. Choudhury and Jaydevsinh M. Gohil*, **,†

  • Laboratory for Advanced Research in Polymeric Materials (LARPM), School for Advanced Research in Petrochemicals (SARP), Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Bhubaneswar-751024, Odisha, India
    *Advanced Polymer Design and Development Research Laboratory (APDDRL), School for Advanced Research in Petrochemicals (SARP), Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Bengaluru-562149, Karnataka, India
    **Advanced Research School for Technology and Product Simulation (ARSTPS), School for Advanced Research in Petrochemicals (SARP), Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Chennai-600032, Tamil Nadu, India

  • 직접메탄올 연료전지를 위한 Poly(vinyl alcohol-co-styrenesulfonic acid) 기반의 양성자 교환막의 제법 및 특성 연구

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This Article

  • 2022; 46(5): 627-639

    Published online Sep 25, 2022

  • 10.7317/pk.2022.46.5.627
  • Received on May 8, 2022
  • Revised on Jun 17, 2022
  • Accepted on Jun 21, 2022

Correspondence to

  • M. Gohil

  • *Advanced Polymer Design and Development Research Laboratory (APDDRL), School for Advanced Research in Petrochemicals (SARP), Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Bengaluru-562149, Karnataka, India
    **Advanced Research School for Technology and Product Simulation (ARSTPS), School for Advanced Research in Petrochemicals (SARP), Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Chennai-600032, Tamil Nadu, India

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