Thermal stability of ionic liquid-loaded electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes and its influences on performance of electrochromic devices

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 376, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 283-289

  Jia, Pengtao ^a,b   Yee, Wu Aik ^b   Xu, Jianwei ^c   Toh, Cher Ling ^b   Ma, Jan ^a,b   Lu, Xuehong ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Electrochromic; Electrolyte; Ionic liquid; Poly(vinylidene fluoride); Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL SIZE; CRYSTALLINITIES; ELECTROCHROMICS; ELECTROLYTE LAYERS; ELECTROSPUN MEMBRANES; ELECTROSPUNS; GEL MEMBRANES; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; HEXAFLUOROPROPYLENE; MICROPOROUS; OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PERFORMANCE DETERIORATION; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); PVDF-HFP; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMAL-ANNEALING; THERMALLY STABLE;

ANNEALING; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; ELECTROCHROMISM; ELECTROLYTES; GELS; IONIC CONDUCTION; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONIC LIQUIDS; IONS; NANOFIBERS; PHASE SEPARATION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

MEMBRANES;

1 BUTYL 3 METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM HEXAFLUOROPHOSPHATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTROLYTE; IONIC LIQUID; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NANOFIBER; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 79957579482     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.04.040     Document Type: Article

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