Polyelectrolyte/fluorinated polymer interpenetrating polymer networks as fuel cell membrane

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 429, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-180

  Delhorbe, Virginie ^a   Reijerkerk, Sander R ^b   Cailleteau, Céline ^c   Bathfield, Maël ^e   Chikh, Linda ^a   Gouanve, Fabrice ^d   Ogier, Lionel ^f   Espuche, Eliane ^d   Ameduri, Bruno ^e   Vidal, Serge ^f   Gebel, Gérard ^c   Morin, Arnaud ^b   Fichet, Odile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^f 222 RN90 ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Fluorinated network; Fuel cell; Gas permeability; Interpenetrating polymer network; SAXS; Water sorption

Indexed keywords

CATIONIC COPOLYMERIZATION; CONDUCTING PHASE; CROSS-LINKING DENSITY; DIACRYLATES; DRY OXYGEN; DYNAMIC THERMOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS; EX SITU; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; IN-SITU CHARACTERIZATION; IONIC EXCHANGE; LIQUID WATER; POLY(2-ACRYLAMIDO-2-METHYL-1-PROPANE SULFONIC ACID); PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; RADICAL COPOLYMERIZATION; SAXS; SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING SPECTRUM; TELECHELICS; TRIMETHYLOL PROPANES; WATER SORPTION; WATER VAPOR SORPTION;

COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; ETHERS; FUEL CELLS; GAS PERMEABILITY; HYDROGEN; INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS; MORPHOLOGY; PROPANE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SORPTION;

POLYMERS;

FLUORINE; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; POLY(2 ACRYLAMIDO 2 METHYL 1 PROPANESULFONIC ACID); POLYELECTROLYTE; PROTON; TELECHELIC DIACRYLATE; TRIMETHYLOL PROPANE TRIGLYCIDYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; CROSS LINKING; DYNAMIC THERMOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FUEL CELL MEMBRANE; GAS; INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORK; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SYNTHESIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84871445788     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.11.032     Document Type: Article

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