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Review on Biopolymer Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications

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Tremendous efforts are being made to produce polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) for fuel cell using advanced materials in order to replace Nafion due to the high costs and its complicated synthesis procedures. One of the efforts include an extensive research on natural polymer to produce biopolymer based electrolyte membranes with desirable properties such as high proton conductivity, as well as good chemical and thermal stabilities. The examples of biopolymer that have been used are polysaccharide (e.g. cellulose, starch and glycogen), chitin and chitosan. This paper presents an overview of the types of biopolymer used to produce a PEM, comprised also their chemical and physical properties, and its performances in fuel cell applications.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 291-294)

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614-617

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https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.291-294.614

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February 2013

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Nur Fatin Ab. Rahman, Loh Kee Shyuan, Abu Bakar Mohamad, Abdul Amir Hassan Kadhum

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Biopolymer Membranes, Fuel Cell (FC), Performance, Property

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