Sulfonated poly(arylene-co-imide)s as water stable proton exchange membrane materials for fuel cells

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 315, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 172-179

  Li, Wenmu ^a,b   Cui, Zhiming ^b,c   Zhou, Xiaochun ^b,c   Zhang, Suobo ^a   Dai, Lei ^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; Sulfonated copolyimides; Water stability

Indexed keywords

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; SULFONATED COPOLYIMIDES; WATER STABILITY;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COPOLYMERIZATION; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

POLYIMIDES;

FUEL; IMIDE; METHANOL; MONOMER; NAPHTHALIMIDE DERIVATIVE; NICKEL; POLY(ARYLENE CO IMIDE) DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; COPOLYMERIZATION; POLYIMIDES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SULFONATION; SYNTHESIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 41949104334     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.02.026     Document Type: Article

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