Covalent cross-linking in phosphoric acid of pyridine based aromatic polyethers bearing side double bonds for use in high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuelcells

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 433, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Papadimitriou, Konstantinia D ^a,b   Geormezi, Maria ^c   Neophytides, Stylianos G ^b,c   Kallitsis, Joannis K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^c Advent Technologies SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cell performance; Covalent cross linking; High temperature PEMFC; Membrane properties; Polymer electrolyte membranes

Indexed keywords

CELL PERFORMANCE; COVALENT CROSSLINKING; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PEMFC; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOMECHANICS; CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION; DURABILITY; ETHERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; MEMBRANES; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYETHERS; POLYMERS; PYRIDINE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

ELECTROLYTE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POLYETHER; POLYMER; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COVALENT BOND; CROSS LINKING; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NANOFABRICATION; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 84873549015     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.12.051     Document Type: Article

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