Alkaline solid polymer electrolyte membranes based on structurally modified PVA/PVP with improved alkali stability

Polymer

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 4850-4859

  Qiao, Jinli ^a   Fu, Jing ^b,c   Lin, Rui ^c   Ma, Jianxin ^c   Liu, Jianshe ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline electrolyte membrane; Ionic conductivity; PVA PVP blending

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BLENDING; CROSSLINKING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEMBRANES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; PORE SIZE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; ALKALINE SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE; CHEMICAL CROSS-LINKING; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; VINYL PYRROLIDONE;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 77956913962     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2010.08.018     Document Type: Article

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