Structure and Interactions in Polybenzimidazole Composite Membranes for High-Temperature Polymer Fuel Cells: A Full Multinuclear Solid-State NMR Study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 18935-18944

  Cattaneo, Alice S ^a   Villa, Davide C ^a   Angioni, Simone ^a   Ferrara, Chiara ^a   Quartarone, Eliana ^a   Mustarelli, Piercarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FILLED POLYMERS; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING; MEMBRANES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POLYMERS; PROTON CONDUCTIVITY; SILICA;

HETERONUCLEAR CORRELATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS; HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYMERS; HYDROGEN BONDING NETWORK; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; MULTINUCLEAR SOLID STATE NMR; SPRAY DEPOSITION METHOD;

FILLERS;

EID: 84939839112     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b05009     Document Type: Article

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