Enhanced performance of the sulfonated polyimide proton exchange membranes by graphene oxide: Size effect of graphene oxide

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 458, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-46

  He, Yao ^a   Tong, Cuiyan ^a   Geng, Lei ^a   Liu, Lingdi ^a   Lü, Changli ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide; Properties; Proton exchange membrane; Size effect; Sulfonated polyimide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894047814     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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