Review
  • Review on the Utilization of Nanoparticles for Enhanced Performance of Polymer Electrolyte Membranes

  • Chanyong Lee# , Hyeyeon Jung# , Jungchul Noh*, and Sungyeon Heo†  

  • Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Seoul National University of Science & Technology, Seoul 01811, Korea
    *McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA

  • 고분자 전해질 막의 성능 향상을 위한 나노입자 활용 연구 동향

  • 이찬용# · 정혜연# · 노정철* · 허성연†  

  • 서울과학기술대학교 화공생명공학과
    *텍사스대학교 오스틴 캠퍼스 화학공학과

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This Article

  • 2024; 48(6): 563-575

    Published online Nov 25, 2024

  • 10.7317/pk.2024.48.6.563
  • Received on Aug 19, 2024
  • Revised on Sep 14, 2024
  • Accepted on Sep 23, 2024

Correspondence to

  • Sungyeon Heo

  • Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Seoul National University of Science & Technology, Seoul 01811, Korea

  • E-mail: sungyeonh@seoultech.ac.kr