A stable anion exchange membrane based on imidazolium salt for alkaline fuel cell

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 467, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-55

  Yang, Yanqin ^a,b   Wang, Jing ^a,b   Zheng, Jifu ^a   Li, Shenghai ^a   Zhang, Suobo ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline stability; Anion exchange membranes; Imidazolium salts; Poly(arylene ether sulfone)s

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES;

AFTER-TREATMENT; ALKALINE ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; IMIDAZOLE GROUP; IMIDAZOLIUM; IMIDAZOLIUM RING; IMIDAZOLIUM SALT; POLY(ARYLENE ETHER SULFONE);

POLYMERS;

IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; POLY(ARYLENE ETHER SULFONE); POLYETHERSULFONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; DEALKYLATION; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOPHILICITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84901464273     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.05.017     Document Type: Article

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