Sulfonated Poly(aryl ether)-Type Polymers as Proton Exchange Membranes: Synthesis and Performance

Membranes for Energy Conversion

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-45

  Liu, Baijun ^a   Kim, Dae Sik ^a   Guiver, Michael D ^a   Kim, Yu Seung ^b   Pivovar, Bryan S ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductive membranes; Performance; Proton exchange membranes; Sulfonated poly(aryl ether) type polymers; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889984639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527622146.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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