Ammonium-functionalized poly(arylene ether)s as anion-exchange membranes

Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 656-663

  Miyake, Junpei ^a,b   Watanabe, Masahiro ^a   Miyatake, Kenji ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHAINS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CROSSLINKING; ETHERS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FUEL CELLS; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; IONS; POLYMERS;

ANION CONDUCTIVITY; ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; PARTIAL FLUORINATIONS; POLYARYLENE ETHERS; POLYMER BACKBONES; POLYMER MAIN CHAIN; THERMAL AND CHEMICAL STABILITIES;

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84916593707     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2014.56     Document Type: Review

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