Water dissociation phenomena in a bipolar membrane - The configurations and theoretical voltage analysis

Science in China, Series B: Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 589-598

  Xu, Tongwen ^a   Yang, Weihua ^a   He, Binglin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bipolar membrane; Current voltage characteristics; Physical configuration; Water dissociation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000932817     PISSN: 10069291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02874323     Document Type: Article

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