Controlled disulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) multiblock copolymers for direct methanol fuel cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5779-5788

  Li, Qing ^a   Chen, Yu ^b,c   Rowlett, Jarrett R ^b   McGrath, James E ^b   MacK, Nathan H ^a   Kim, Yu Seung ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Chemistry Virginia Polytechnic Institute State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

direct methanol fuel cells; methanol permeability; multiblock copolymers; poly(arylene ether sulfone); proton conductivity; water uptake

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COPOLYMERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; KETONES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURAL CHANGES; DISULFONATED POLY(ARYLENE ETHER SULFONE); METHANOL PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL ORDERING; MULTIBLOCK CO-POLYMERS; POLY(ARYLENE ETHER SULFONE); WATER UPTAKE;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84899577258     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500605e     Document Type: Article

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