Radiation grafted ETFE-graft-poly(α-methylstyrenesulfonic acid-co-methacrylonitrile) membranes for fuel cell applications

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 228-235

  Henkensmeier, Dirk ^a,b   Ben youcef, Hicham ^a,c   Wallasch, Frank ^a,d   Gubler, Lorenz ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Chemspeed Ltd   (Switzerland)

^d Steinwiesenstrasse 3   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpha methylstyrene (AMS); ETFE; Polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC); Proton exchange membrane; Radiation grafting

Indexed keywords

ALPHA-METHYLSTYRENE (AMS); ETFE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; RADIATION GRAFTING;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MEMBRANES; POLYELECTROLYTES; REACTION KINETICS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

2 PROPANOL; ALPHA METHYLSTYRENE; DIVINYLBENZENE; FUEL; HYDROGEN; METHACRYLONITRILE; OXYGEN; POLYMER; PROTON; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONDUCTANCE; CROSS LINKING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; IRRADIATION; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLY(ETHYLENE ALT TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE) GRAFT POLY(ALPHA METHYLSTYRENESULFONIC ACID CO METHACRYLONITRILE) MEMBRANE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; REACTION TIME; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFONATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84881500324     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.07.034     Document Type: Article

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