Synthesis and characterization of rigid-rod sulfonated polyimides bearing sulfobenzoyl side groups as proton exchange membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 148-158

  Li, Nanwen ^a,b   Cui, Zhiming ^b,c   Zhang, Suobo ^a   Xing, Wei ^c  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry   (China)

Author keywords

Proton conductivity; Proton exchange membrane; Side chain; Sufonated copolyimides

Indexed keywords

OXIDATIVE STABILITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; SUFONATED COPOLYIMIDES;

COPOLYMERIZATION; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SWELLING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VISCOSITY;

POLYIMIDES;

1,4,5,8 NAPHTHALENETETRACARBOXYLIC DIANHYDRIDE; 2,2' BIS(3 SULFOBENZOYL)BENZIDINE; 2,2' DIBENZOYLBENZIDINE; BENZIDINE DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COPOLYMER; DIAMINE; POLYIMIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COPOLYMERIZATION; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; POLYIMIDES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SWELLING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VISCOSITY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34247165726     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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