Transport of liquid water through Nafion membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 392-393, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-94

  Duan, Qiongjuan ^a   Wang, Huaping ^a   Benziger, Jay ^b  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydraulic permeation; Nafion; Pore network

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE FLOW; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; EQUIVALENT WEIGHT; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; HYDRAULIC PERMEATION; HYDROPHILIC DOMAINS; HYDROPHILIC PORES; HYDROSTATIC WATER PRESSURE; LIQUID WATER; NAFION; NAFION MEMBRANE; PORE NETWORKS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; WATER ACTIVITY; WATER FLUX; WATER SORPTION; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER VISCOSITY;

HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIQUIDS; SORPTION;

HYDROPHILICITY;

NAFION MEMBRANE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIQUID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84856092817     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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