Synthesis and characterization of novel sulfonated naphthalenic polyimides as proton conductive membrane for DMFC applications

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2987-2993

  Shang, Yuming ^a   Xie, Xiaofeng ^a   Jin, Hao ^a,b   Guo, Jianwei ^a   Wang, Yaowu ^a   Feng, Shaoguang ^a   Wang, Shubo ^a   Xu, Jingming ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

DMFC; Fuel cell; Methanol permeability; Proton conductive membrane; Sulfonated polyimides

Indexed keywords

DMFC; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; PROTON CONDUCTIVE MEMBRANES; SULFONATED POLYIMIDES;

FUEL CELLS; METHANOL; MONOMERS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; PROTONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

POLYIMIDES;

EID: 33749994991     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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