Physicochemical and electrochemical characterization of battery separator prepared by radiation induced grafting of acrylic acid onto microporous polypropylene membranes

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 268-278

  Goel, N K ^a   Bhardwaj, Y K ^a   Manoharan, R ^b   Kumar, Virendra ^a   Dubey, K A ^a   Chaudhari, C V ^a   Sabharwal, S ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b High Energy Batteries (India) Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Acrylic acid; Charge discharge; Contact angle; Polymer membranes; Radiation grafting

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450175107     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2009.34     Document Type: Article

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