Proton conducting membranes based on blends of PBI with aromatic polyethers containing pyridine units

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 115-122

  Daletou, M K ^a,b   Gourdoupi, N ^a,b   Kallitsis, J K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Oxidative stability; PBI; Polymer blends; Polymer electrolyte membranes; Polysulfone copolymers

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION; COPOLYMERS; FUEL CELLS; GLASS TRANSITION; IONIC CONDUCTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYETHERS; POLYMER BLENDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOANALYSIS;

AROMATIC COPOLYMERS; BLEND COMPOSITION; OXIDATIVE STABILITY; SINGLE GLASS TRANSITION;

ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; COPOLYMER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MONOMER; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; PROTON; PYRIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MEMBRANE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MISCIBILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 16844386881     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2004.11.023     Document Type: Article

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