Effect of morphology of nanoscale hydrated channels on proton conductivity in block copolymer electrolyte membranes

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4058-4064

  Chen, X Chelsea ^a   Wong, David T ^a,b   Yakovlev, Sergey ^a   Beers, Keith M ^a,b   Downing, Kenneth H ^a   Balsara, Nitash P ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

block copolymer electrolytes; fuel cells; morphology; proton conductivity; Proton exchange membranes; water uptake

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; HYDRATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSTYRENES; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BLOCK COPOLYMER ELECTROLYTES; HYDROPHILIC AND HYDROPHOBIC; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; POLYSTYRENE SULFONATE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERINGS; WATER UPTAKE;

LIQUIDS;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ELECTROLYTE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID; PROTON; WATER;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTROLYTES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYETHYLENE; POLYSTYRENES; PROTONS; WATER;

EID: 84903943319     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl501537p     Document Type: Article

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