title: An amphiphilic-like fluoroalkyl modified SiO2 nanoparticle@Nafion proton exchange membrane with excellent fuel cell performance.
abstract: A new route to enhance the cell performance of a Nafion proton exchange membrane is provided by incorporating fluoroalkyl modified SiO2 nanoparticles. In favor of the achieved amphiphilic-like surface characteristics of SiO2 nanoparticles, the so-formed nanocomposite membrane exhibited great enhancement of single cell performance at 80 °C: ~34% increase in output power relative to the Nafion reference and a superior maximum output power as high as 579.6 mW cm(-2).
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 7 Engineering Drive 1, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117574, Republic of Singapore. msehc@nus.edu.sg cb-he@imre.a-star.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Du
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Zhaolin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Siok Wei
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.forename: Xiaoshan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Xiwen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chaobin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: He