Quaternized graphene oxide nanocomposites as fast hydroxide conductors

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 2028-2037

  Zarrin, Hadis ^a   Fu, Jing ^a   Jiang, Gaopeng ^a   Yoo, Skylar ^a   Lenos, Jared ^a   Fowler, Michael ^a   Chen, Zhongwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

alkaline fuel cells; graphene oxide; hydroxide exchange membrane; ionic conductivity; nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; ION EXCHANGE; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; METAL-AIR BATTERIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL STABILITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEET; HYDROXIDE CONDUCTIVITIES; HYDROXIDE EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; POLYMERIC NANOCOMPOSITES;

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84923445009     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn507113c     Document Type: Article

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