This project explores waveguiding properties of Nafion, commonly used as a proton exchange membrane (PEM) in fuel cells. Several experiments were conducted to determine whether the guiding properties varied with humidity. In these experiments a humidified Nafion waveguide was observed to have optical properties that are measurably different from a dry Nafion waveguide. The output intensity of the humidified Nafion waveguide was 284 ?4 percent of the output of the dry Nafion waveguide.

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Creator

• Olszak, Peter David

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 01D290M

Advisor

• Swartzlander, Grover A., Jr.

Year

• 2001

Date created

• 2001-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Physics

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-10-11