Broadband electric spectroscopy of proton conducting SPEEK membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 390-391, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-67

  Di Noto, Vito ^a   Piga, Matteo ^a   Giffin, Guinevere A ^a   Pace, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Broadband electric spectroscopy; DSC; Electric polarization; Proton conduction mechanism; SPEEK

Indexed keywords

ACID GROUPS; ARRHENIUS; ARRHENIUS REGION; DEGREE OF SULFONATION; DSC; ELECTRIC POLARIZATION; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; HOPPING DISTANCES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC; INTERFACIAL CONDUCTIVITY; INTERFACIAL REGION; POLARIZATION PHENOMENA; PROTON CONDUCTING; PROTON CONDUCTION; PROTON CONDUCTION MECHANISM; PROTON TRANSPORT; SEGMENTAL MOTION; SPEEK; SULFONATED POLY(ETHER ETHER KETONE) MEMBRANES; TWO-TEMPERATURE; WATER MOLECULE; WATER UPTAKE;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; ETHERS; HYDROPHILICITY; KETONES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLARIZATION; PROTONS; SULFONATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

POLYETHERETHERKETONE; SULFONATED POLYETHERETHERKETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; BROADBAND ELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SPECTROSCOPY; SULFONATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84855262445     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.10.049     Document Type: Article

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