Proton Conductivity of Aromatic Polymers

Solid State Proton Conductors: Properties and Applications in Fuel Cells

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 331-369

  Liu, Baijun ^a   Guiver, Michael D ^b,c  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aromatic hydrocarbon based polymers and acid functionality, in PEMFC, DMFC; Aromatic polymers of benzene rings, aromatic, and thermal properties; Aromatic polymers, in high technology fields; Balancing proton conductivity, dimensional stability, and other properties; Better understanding of proton transport under humidity, temperature, crucial; PEM property parameters, proton conductivity; PEMs, as fuel cell components, with good electrochemical performance; Proton conductivity of aromatic polymers; Proton conductivity of aromatic polymers, acid functionalized polysilsesquioxane; Sulfophenylated polymers, SPIs, as PEMs, good proton conductivity

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

BENZENE RING; FUEL CELL COMPONENTS; FUNCTIONALIZED; HIGH TECHNOLOGY; HYDROCARBON-BASED POLYMERS; OTHER PROPERTIES; PROTON TRANSPORT;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 84860382670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119962502.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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