Low water swelling and high methanol resistant proton exchange membrane fabricated by cross-linking of multilayered polyelectrolyte complexes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 345, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 242-248

  Lin, Haidan ^a   Zhao, Chengji ^a   Ma, Wenjia ^a   Li, Hongtao ^a   Na, Hui ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cross linking; Layer by layer; Nafion ; Proton exchange membrane; Sulfonated poly (aryl ether ether ketone)

Indexed keywords

AMIDE BOND; AMMONIUM GROUPS; C FILMS; CARBOXYL GROUPS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; LAYER-BY-LAYER METHODS; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; LOW WATER; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; MULTI-LAYERED; OPPOSITELY CHARGED POLYELECTROLYTES; POLY(ARYL ETHER ETHER KETONE); POLY(ARYL ETHER KETONE); POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SEM; WATER SWELLING; WATER UPTAKE;

AMIDES; AMINES; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CAPILLARITY; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; ETHERS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KETONES; METHANOL; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

MEMBRANES;

CHITOSAN; METHANOL; POLY(ARYL ETHER KETONE); POLYELECTROLYTE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CROSS LINKING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 70350044997     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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