New polymer electrolyte membrane based on sulfonated polysulfone blends

Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 137-142

  Geormezi, Maria ^a   Gourdoupi, Nora ^a   Daletou, Maria K ^a   Neophytides, Stylianos ^a   Kallitsis, J K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Copolymer; Fuel cells; Membrane; Polysulfone; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864739279     PISSN: 14519372     EISSN: 22177434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/CICEQ0503137G     Document Type: Article

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