Impact of chemical treatments on the behavior of water in Nafion® NRE-212 by 1H NMR: Self-diffusion measurements and proton quantization

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 371, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 148-154

  Xu, Feina ^a   Leclerc, Sébastien ^a   Lottin, Olivier ^a   Canet, Daniel ^b  

^a NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Nancy University CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical cleaning; Counter cations; Nafion; NMR; Protons transport; Self diffusion coefficients

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; CHELATING AGENT; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; COUNTER-CATIONS; GROTTHUSS MECHANISM; LOW WATER-CONTENT; NAFION; NMR; OXONIUM ION; PROTON SPECTRA; PULSED GRADIENTS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SELF-DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; SELF-DIFFUSION MEASUREMENT; SOLVATION NUMBER; TRANSLATIONAL DIFFUSION; WATER AMOUNT; WATER DIFFUSION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHELATION; CHEMICAL CLEANING; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; POSITIVE IONS; PROTONS;

WATER CONTENT;

CHELATING AGENT; EDETIC ACID; POTASSIUM; PROTON; SODIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLVATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 79952241400     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.01.038     Document Type: Article

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