Novel acid-base hybrid membrane based on amine-functionalized reduced graphene oxide and sulfonated polyimide for vanadium redox flow battery

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 158, Issue , 2015, Pages 24-34

  Cao, Li ^a   Sun, Qingqing ^a   Gao, Yahui ^a   Liu, Luntao ^a   Shi, Haifeng ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid base pairs; Functionalized graphene oxide; Hybrid membrane; Sulfonated polyimide; Vanadium redox flow battery

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLOW BATTERIES; GRAPHENE; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; MEMBRANES; POLYIMIDES; VANADIUM;

ACID BASE; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; HYBRID MEMBRANE; SULFONATED POLYIMIDES; VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERIES;

SECONDARY BATTERIES;

EID: 84922367720     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.01.159     Document Type: Article

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