The states of methanol within Nafion and sulfonated poly(phenylene ether ether sulfone) membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 428, Issue , 2013, Pages 212-217

  Zhong, Guiming ^a   Liu, Zigeng ^a   Li, Tao ^a   Cheng, Hu ^a   Yu, Shenshui ^a   Fu, Riqiang ^b   Yang, Yong ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC); Nafion; Solid state NMR; States of methanol; Sulfonated poly(ether ether sulfone)

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION; LOW METHANOL PERMEABILITY; METHANOL MOLECULES; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NAFION; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SOLID STATE NMR; SULFONATED POLY(ETHER ETHER SULFONE);

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ETHERS; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING; MOLECULES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

METHANOL;

METHANOL; POLY(PHENYLENE ETHER ETHER SULFONE); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON TRANSPORT; SOLID STATE;

EID: 84870881592     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.10.026     Document Type: Article

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