Preparation and characterization of radiation-grafted poly (tetrafluoroethylene-co-perfluoropropyl vinyl ether) membranes for alkaline anion-exchange membrane fuel cells

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 369, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 277-283

  Liu, He ^a,b   Yang, Shaohua ^a   Wang, Suli ^a   Fang, Jun ^c   Jiang, Luhua ^a   Sun, Gongquan ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline anion exchange membrane; Fuel cell; Ionic conductivity; Radiation grafting

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; ALKALINE ANION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; CATHODE AND ANODE; CONTINUOUS RADIATION; DEGREE OF GRAFTING; DIRECT METHANOL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; GRAFT COPOLYMERIZATION; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; QUATERNIZATION; RADIATION GRAFTING; RADIATION MODE; SINGLE CELLS; TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; VINYL ETHERS; VINYL-BENZYL CHLORIDES; WATER UPTAKE; GRAFT CO POLYMERIZATIONS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEIONIZED WATER; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ETHERS; FILM PREPARATION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUEL CELLS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONS; IRRADIATION; MANGANESE OXIDE; MEMBRANES; METHANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIATION; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES;

ION EXCHANGE; RADIATION;

ELECTROLYTE; METHANOL; POLY(TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE CO PERFLUOROPROPYL VINYL ETHER); POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYLBENZYLCHLORIDE; WATER;

ALKALINE ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; ALKALINITY; ALKALINIZATION; ANION EXCHANGE; ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CONTINUOUS RADIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; WATER TRANSPORT; CONDUCTANCE; IRRADIATION; PERMEABILITY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79251629255     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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