Hydrolytic degradation of sulfonated polyimide membranes for fuel cells

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 379, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 207-214

  Perrot, Carine ^a   Gonon, Laurent ^a   Marestin, Catherine ^b   Gebel, Gérard ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b LEPMI   (France)

Author keywords

Degradation; Fuel cells; Model compounds; Proton conducting membranes; Sulfonated polyimides

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION; MODEL COMPOUND; MODEL COMPOUNDS; PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANES; RANDOM COPOLYMER; SULFONATED POLYIMIDE MEMBRANES; SULFONATED POLYIMIDES;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; FUEL CELLS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYIMIDES;

DEGRADATION;

COPOLYMER; IMIDE; POLYIMIDE; POLYMER; WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFONATION; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79960647581     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.05.063     Document Type: Article

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