Low equivalent weight Friedel-Crafts cross-linked sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone)

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 376, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 290-301

  Rhoden, Stephen L N H ^a,b   Linkous, Clovis A ^a   Mohajeri, Nahid ^a   Díaz, Diego J ^b   Brooker, Paul ^a   Slattery, Darlene K ^a   Fenton, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzenedimethanol; Cross linked; Friedel Crafts; Membrane; Polymer; SPEEK

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC SUBSTITUTIONS; BENZENEDIMETHANOL; CROSS LINKING AGENTS; CROSS-LINKED; EQUIVALENT WEIGHT; FRIEDEL-CRAFTS; KEY FACTORS; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; PLATINUM ON CARBON; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SPEEK; SULFONATED POLY(ETHER ETHER KETONE)S; THERMAL PROPERTIES; WATER UPTAKE; WATERSOLUBLE POLYMERS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CATALYSTS; CROSSLINKING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN FUELS; IONOMERS; KETONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MEMBRANES; PLATINUM; POLYMERS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTONS; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HYDROGEN; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PLATINUM; POLYETHERETHERKETONE; POLYMER; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTROPHILICITY; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; HUMIDITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MECHANICAL TORSION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SOLUBILITY; SULFONATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 79957571731     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.04.039     Document Type: Article

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