Heterogeneous anion conducting membranes based on linear and crosslinked KOH doped polybenzimidazole for alkaline water electrolysis

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 424-432

  Aili, David ^a   Hansen, Martin Kalmar ^b   Renzaho, Richard Fulgence ^a   Li, Qingfeng ^a   Christensen, Erik ^a   Jensen, Jens Oluf ^a   Bjerrum, Niels J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ion conductivity; KOH; Polybenzimidazole; Stability; Water electrolysis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE WATER ELECTROLYSIS; AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ION CONDUCTIVITIES; KOH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; WATER ELECTROLYSIS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; IONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STABILITY;

HYDROGEN;

ANION; ELECTROLYTE; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; POLYMER; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALKALINITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CROSS LINKING; DEGRADATION; ELECTROLYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; GAS PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; VISCOMETRY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84883002527     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.07.054     Document Type: Article

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