Effects of substituents and substitution positions on alkaline stability of imidazolium cations and their corresponding anion-exchange membranes

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4346-4355

  Si, Zhihong ^a   Qiu, Lihua ^a   Dong, Huilong ^a   Gu, Fenglou ^a   Li, Youyong ^a   Yan, Feng ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

alkaline stability; anion exchange membranes; imidazolium cations; substitution; theory calculation

Indexed keywords

ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; STABILITY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; ANION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; IMIDAZOLIUM CATION; IMIDAZOLIUM-BASED; SUBSTITUTION GROUPS; THEORY CALCULATION;

POSITIVE IONS;

EID: 84896935215     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500022c     Document Type: Article

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