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  • Structural and Thermal Analysis and Membrane Characteristics of Phosphoric Acid-doped Polybenzimidazole/Strontium Titanate Composite Membranes for HT-PEMFC Applications

  • Kanakaraj Selvakumar*, **, Ae Rhan Kim*, ***† , Manimuthu Ramesh Prabhu**† , Dong Jin Yoo*, ***†

  • * Department of Life Science, Jeounbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
    ** Department of Physics, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630004, India
    *** Department of Energy Storage/ Conversion Engineering (BK21 FOUR) of Graduate School, Jeounbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea

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Correspondence to

  • Ae Rhan Kim*, *** , Manimuthu Ramesh Prabhu** , Dong Jin Yoo*, ***

  • * Department of Life Science, Jeounbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
    ** Department of Physics, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630004, India
    *** Department of Energy Storage/ Conversion Engineering (BK21 FOUR) of Graduate School, Jeounbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea

  • E-mail: kimaerhan@jbnu.ac.kr, mkram83@gmail.com, djyoo@jbn