Heterogeneous anion-selective membranes: Influence of a water-soluble component in the membrane on the morphology and ionic conductivity

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 401-402, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-88

  Schauer, Jan ^a   Hnát, Jaromír ^b   Brožová, Libuše ^a   Žitka, Jan ^a   Bouzek, Karel ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anion exchange membrane; Heterogeneous membrane; Ionic conductivity; Membrane morphology

Indexed keywords

ANION EXCHANGE; ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; FLAT MEMBRANE; HETEROGENEOUS MEMBRANES; LINEAR POLYETHYLENE; MATRIX POLYMERS; MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; MICRO POROUS MEMBRANES; POLY(ETHYLENE-CO-METHACRYLIC ACID); SEM MICROGRAPHS;

BLENDING; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPRESSION MOLDING; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THERMOPLASTICS;

MEMBRANES;

ANION; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYETHYLENE;

ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84858446653     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.01.038     Document Type: Article

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