Methanol permeation and proton conductivity of acid-doped poly(N-ethylbenzimidazole) and poly(N-methylbenzimidazole)

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-175

  Pu, Hongting ^a   Liu, Qizhi ^a   Liu, Gaihua ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Methanol permeability; Phosphoric acid; Poly(N ethylbenzimidazole); Poly(N methylbenzimidazole); Polybenzimidazole; Proton conductivity

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METHANOL; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PROTONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

METHANOL PERMEABILITY; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY;

POLYETHYLENES;

BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POLY(N ETHYLBENZIMIDAZOLE); POLY(N METHYLBENZIMIDAZOLE); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

METHANOL; PERMEATION; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; IMPEDANCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHYLATION; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 4043101184     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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