Structure of the ion-rich phase in DVB cross-linked graft-copolymer proton-exchange membranes

Polymer

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 175-182

  Balog, Sandor ^a   Gasser, Urs ^a   Mortensen, Kell ^b   Ben Youcef, Hicham ^a   Gubler, Lorenz ^a   Scherer, Günther G ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Graft copolymer; Proton exchange membrane; SAXS

Indexed keywords

GRAFT COPOLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDRATION; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; MEMBRANES; MOLECULES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SOLVENTS; STYRENE; VOLUME FRACTION; X RAY SCATTERING;

HARD SPHERE FLUIDS; HYDRATED MEMBRANES; HYDRATION LEVELS; MONOMER COMPOSITIONS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SAXS; SCATTERING FUNCTIONS; WATER SWELLING;

ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84655175092     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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