Enhanced proton transport in nanostructured polymer electrolyte/ionic liquid membranes under water-free conditions

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Kim, Sung Yeon ^a   Kim, Suhan ^b   Park, Moon Jeong ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; IONIC LIQUID; NANOMATERIAL; POLY(STYRENESULPHONATE B METHYLBUTYLENE); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTON; WATER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION SCATTERING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ELECTROLYTES; IONIC LIQUIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTONS; WATER;

EID: 84880293159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1086     Document Type: Article

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