Synthesis and characterization of novel fluorinated poly(arylene ether sulfone)s containing pendant sulfonic acid groups for proton exchange membrane materials

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 409-410, Issue , 2012, Pages 145-155

  Mohanty, Aruna Kumar ^a   Mistri, Ershad Ali ^a   Ghosh, Anindita ^a   Banerjee, Susanta ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Fluorinated co poly(arylene ether sulfone)s; Proton conductivity; Structure property correlationship

Indexed keywords

ARYLENE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COPOLYMER FILMS; COPOLYMER MEMBRANE; COPOLYMER STRUCTURE; DEGREE OF SULFONATION; DIPHENOLS; DIRECT COPOLYMERIZATION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; ISOPROPYLIDENE; LOW WATER; N ,N-DIMETHYLACETAMIDE; OXIDATIVE STABILITY; POLY(ARYLENE ETHER SULFONE); PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; STRUCTURE PROPERTY; SULFONIC ACID GROUPS; SWELLING RATIO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM; TRIFLUOROMETHYL;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POTASSIUM; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; TITRATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COPOLYMERS;

3,3' DISULFONATE 4,4' DICHLORODIPHENYLSULFONE; 4,4' BIS(4' FLUORO 3' TRIFLUOROMETHYL BENZYL)BIPHENYL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BIPHENYL; N,N DIMETHYLACETAMIDE; POLYETHERSULFONE; POTASSIUM CARBONATE; PROTON; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONDUCTANCE; HYDROLYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFONATION; SYNTHESIS; THERMOSTABILITY; TITRIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84860555063     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.03.048     Document Type: Article

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