Zwitterionic microcapsules as water reservoirs and proton carriers within a nafion membrane to confer high proton conductivity under low humidity

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5362-5366

  He, Guangwei ^a,b   Li, Zongyu ^a,b   Li, Yifan ^a,b   Li, Zhen ^a,b   Wu, Hong ^a,b   Yang, Xinlin ^b,c   Jiang, Zhongyi ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering   (China)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

composite membranes; low humidity; Nafion; proton conductivity; water retention; zwitterionic microcapsules

Indexed keywords

PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; LOW HUMIDITY; MICROCAPSULES; NAFION; PRECIPITATION POLYMERIZATIONS; WATER ENVIRONMENTS; WATER RETENTION; WATER RETENTION PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84899558049     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500626f     Document Type: Article

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