Impregnation of amine-tailored titanate nanotubes in polymer electrolyte membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 423-424, Issue , 2012, Pages 284-292

  Li, Qiong ^a,b   Zhang, Haining ^a   Tu, Zhengkai ^a   Yu, Jun ^a   Xiong, Chuanxi ^b   Pan, Mu ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elevated temperature; Functionalized titanate nanotubes; Low humidity; Polymer electrolyte membrane; Proton conduction

Indexed keywords

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; LOW HUMIDITY; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; PROTON CONDUCTION; TITANATE NANOTUBES;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROGEN BONDS; MEMBRANES; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRONS; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SURFACES; TOLUENE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYMERS;

3 AMINOPROPYLTRIMETHOXYSILANE; AMINE; ELECTROLYTE; HYDROXYL GROUP; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NANOTUBE; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; RESIN; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; HYDROGEN BOND; MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84867745282     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.08.025     Document Type: Article

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