Novel sulfonated poly(arylene ether benzimidazole) Cardo proton conducting membranes for PEMFC

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 362, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 184-191

  Ng, Feifei ^a   Jones, Deborah J ^a   Rozière, Jacques ^a   Bauer, Bernd ^b   Schuster, Michael ^b   Jeske, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b FuMA Tech GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Direct sulfonation; Electrolyte membrane; PEMFC; Polybenzimidazole; Reaction rate

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; DIRECT SULFONATION; ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE; PEMFC; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE;

ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; ETHERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; REACTION RATES; SOLVENTS; SULFURIC ACID; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

SULFONATION;

BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ELECTROLYTE; POLY(ARYLENE ETHER BENZIMIDAZOLE); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SULFONATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 77955661177     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.06.033     Document Type: Article

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