Hydrophilic porous poly(sulfone) membranes modified by UV-initiated polymerization for vanadium flow battery application

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 454, Issue , 2014, Pages 478-487

  Li, Yun ^a,b   Zhang, Huamin ^a   Zhang, Hongzhang ^a,b   Cao, Jingyu ^a,b   Xu, Wanxing ^a,b   Li, Xianfeng ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrophilic treatment; Porous membranes; Vanadium flow battery

Indexed keywords

COLUMBIC EFFICIENCY; FLOW BATTERIES; HYDROPHILIC MEMBRANES; HYDROPHILIC TREATMENT; OPERATING CONDITION; PHASE INVERSION MEMBRANE; POROUS MEMBRANES; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROPHILICITY; IRRADIATION; POLYMERIZATION; VANADIUM;

MEMBRANES;

PHOTOINITIATOR; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; VANADIUM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHILICITY; ION CONDUCTANCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84892467785     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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