Synthesis, proton conductivity and chemical stability of novel sulfonated copolyimides-containing benzimidazole groups for fuel cell applications

High Performance Polymers

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 508-517

  Gu, Xingzhong ^a   Xu, Nan ^b   Guo, Xiaoxia ^b   Fang, Jianhua ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

benzimidazole group containing diamine; membrane; proton conductivity; radical oxidative stability; Sulfonated polyimide

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLES; COVALENT CROSSLINKING; COVALENTLY CROSS-LINKED; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; RADICAL OXIDATIVE STABILITY; RANDOM COPOLYMERIZATION; SOLUTION CAST METHODS; SULFONATED POLYIMIDES;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; CROSSLINKING; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; POLYIMIDES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84880704612     PISSN: 09540083     EISSN: 13616412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954008312471836     Document Type: Article

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