Preparation and characterization of hybrid hydrotalcite-sulfonated polyetheretherketone (SPEEK) cation-exchange membranes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 9504-9513

  Kim, Tae Wook ^a   Sahimi, Muhammad ^a   Tsotsis, Theodore T ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIC METHANOL; CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; DEGREE OF SULFONATION; HYBRID MEMBRANE; HYDROTALCITES; LIQUID METHANOL; LONG-TERM GOALS; METHANOL BARRIERS; METHANOL CROSSOVER; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; NAFION MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE INDICES; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; SULFONATED POLYETHERETHERKETONE; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

ANODIC OXIDATION; CAPILLARITY; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ETHERS; KETONES; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

EID: 71649104336     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801839u     Document Type: Article

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