Role of post-sulfonation of poly(ether ether sulfone) in proton conductivity and chemical stability of its proton exchange membranes for fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3736-3744

  Unveren, Elif Erdal ^a   Erdogan, Tuba ^a   Çelebi, Serdar S ^b   Inan, Tulay Y ^a  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Degradation; Fuel cell; Poly (ether ether sulfone); Proton exchange membrane; Sulfonation

Indexed keywords

FTIR; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; H NMR SPECTROSCOPY; INTRINSIC VISCOSITY; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; NAFION 117; POLY (ETHER ETHER SULFONE); PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SOLVENT CASTING METHOD; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; WATER UPTAKE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHEMICAL STABILITY; ETHERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS TRANSITION; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGERS; MEMBRANES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PYROLYSIS; SULFONATION; SULFURIC ACID; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 77950300032     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.01.041     Document Type: Article

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