Enhanced stability and proton conductivity of sulfonated polystyrene/PVC composite membranes through proper copolymerization of styrene with α-methylstyrene and acrylonitrile

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 363, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 80-86

  Woo, Jung Je ^a   Seo, Seok Jun ^a   Yun, Sung Hyun ^a   Fu, Rong Qiang ^a   Yang, Tae Hyun ^b   Moon, Seung Hyeon ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fuel cells; Monomer sorption; Oxidative stability; Polymer electrolyte membrane; Polystyrene

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHT; CROSSLINKED COPOLYMERS; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; ENHANCED STABILITY; HIGH WATER; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; METHYLSTYRENE; MONOMER SOLUTIONS; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; OXIDATIVE STABILITY; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE; PVC FILM; SEMI-IPN; VINYL CHLORIDES; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; COPOLYMERIZATION; DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SORPTION; STABILITY; STYRENE; WATER CONTENT;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

ACRYLONITRILE; ALPHA METHYLSTYRENE; DIVINYLBENZENE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SULFONATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 77956289344     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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