Low methanol permeable and highly selective membranes composed of pure and/or partially sulfonated PVdF-co-HFP and polyaniline

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 468, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-51

  Dutta, Kingshuk ^a   Das, Suparna ^a   Kundu, Patit Paban ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Coated tri layered sandwich membrane; DMFC performance; Membrane selectivity; Sulfonated poly(vinylidene fluoride co hexafluoro propylene); Sulfonated polyaniline

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); METHANOL; POLYANILINE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; PROPYLENE;

DMFC PERFORMANCE; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; MEMBRANE SELECTIVITY; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; METHANOL PERMEABILITY; OPEN-CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; SULFONATED POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-CO-HEXAFLUORO PROPYLENE); SULFONATED POLYANILINE;

MEMBRANES;

METHANOL; PARTIALLY SULFONATED POLY VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE CO HEXAFLOURO PROPYLENE; POLYANILINE; PROPYLENE; PROTON; PURE SULFONATED POLY VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE CO HEXAFLOURO PROPYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTANCE; CONJUGATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SULFONATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84902492645     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.05.049     Document Type: Article

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