Novel proton conductive hybrid membranes based on sulfonated polysulfone and benzotriazole

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 2650-2656

  Gustian, Irfan ^a   Çelik, Sevim Ünügür ^b   Bozkurt, Ayhan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENGKULU   (Indonesia)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

1H benzotriazole; polymer electrolyte membrane; proton conductivity; sulfonated polysulfone

Indexed keywords

BENZOTRIAZOLES; DEGREE OF SULFONATION; FTIR; HYBRID MEMBRANE; IONIC INTERACTION; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; PROTON CONDUCTIVE MEMBRANES; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SULFONATED POLYSULFONE; SULFONIC ACID; THERMALLY STABLE; TRIMETHYLSILYL;

BLENDING; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFONATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84867519143     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.246     Document Type: Article

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