Crosslinking and alkyl substitution in nano-structured grafted fluoropolymer for use as proton-exchange membranes in fuel cells

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 569-573

  Larsen, Mikkel Juul ^a   Ma, Yue ^a   Lund, Peter B ^b   Skou, Eivind M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b IRD Fuel Cells A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL SUBSTITUTION; CROSS LINKING AGENTS; ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE; FLUOROPOLYMER; GRAFTING YIELD; METHYLSTYRENE; NANO-STRUCTURED; POLY(ETHYLENE-ALT-TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE); PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; STYRENE/DIVINYLBENZENE;

CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CROSSLINKING; ETHYLENE; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FUEL CELLS; MEMBRANES; PHOTORESISTS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; STYRENE;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 67651238195     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-008-5064-3     Document Type: Article

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