Synthesis and properties of sulfonated and unsulfonated poly(arylene ether triazine)s with pendant diphenylamine groups for fuel cell applications

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 369, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 455-465

  Tigelaar, Dean M ^a,b   Palker, Allyson E ^a   He, Ronghuan ^c   Scheiman, Daniel A ^a,d   Petek, Tyler ^e   Savinell, Robert ^e   Yoonessi, Mitra ^a,b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Arctic Slope Region Corporation   (United States)

^e Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Phase separation; Poly(arylene ether); Polymer electrolyte; Proton exchange membrane

Indexed keywords

ARYLENE; CHLOROSULFONIC ACID; COUNTERIONS; DEGREE OF SULFONATION; DIFFERENT SIZES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HOMOPOLYMERS; HYDROPHILIC CLUSTERS; INHERENT VISCOSITY; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; IONIC CLUSTERS; IONIC GROUP; PARA POSITION; PHOSPHINE OXIDE; POLY(ARYLENE ETHER)S; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; POLYMER BACKBONES; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SMALL ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING; THERMAL STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; WATER UPTAKE; POLYARYLENE ETHERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES;

ANILINE; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; ETHERS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GLASS TRANSITION; ION EXCHANGE; KETONES; MORPHOLOGY; NEUTRON SCATTERING; OXIDE FILMS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMER BLENDS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

POLYMER FILMS;

DIPHENYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; KETONE; MONOMER; N,N DIMETHYLACETAMIDE; PHOSPHINE OXIDE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POLYMER; PROTON; SULFONE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; WATER; COUNTERION; DIPHENYLAMINE; FUEL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; FILM; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; HYDROPHILICITY; ION EXCHANGE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHASE SEPARATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SOLUBILITY; SULFONATION; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY; CONDUCTANCE; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 79251635026     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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