Improved performance of sulfonated polyarylene ethers for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 17, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 591-597

  Xing, D ^a,b   Kerres, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Poly(ether sulfone); Polyelectrolytes; Proton exchange membranes; Structure; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; FUEL CELLS; IONOMERS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMER BLENDS; PROTONS; SULFONATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

POLYARYLENE ETHERS; POLYETHER SULFONE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES;

POLYETHERS;

CROSSLINKING; FUEL CELLS; IONOMERS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYETHERS; POLYMER BLENDS; PROTONS; SULFONATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CROSS LINKING; FUEL CELL; POLYETHER; SYNTHESIS; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 33750211308     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.758     Document Type: Conference Paper

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