Polymer Electrolyte Membranes Based on Multiblock Poly(phenylene ether ketone)s with Pendant Alkylsulfonic Acids: Effects on the Isomeric Configuration and Ion Transport Mechanism

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 19596-19606

  Zhang, Xuan ^a   Dong, Tiandu ^a   Pu, Yanli ^b   Higashihara, Tomoya ^c   Ueda, Mitsuru ^c   Wang, Lianjun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHAINS; ELECTROLYTES; ETHERS; IONS; ISOMERS; KETONES; MECHANICAL STABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE SEPARATION; REACTION KINETICS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

ION TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; POLYCONDENSATION REACTIONS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; RELATIVE HUMIDITY RANGE; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; WATER RETENTION CAPACITY;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84940483522     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b04480     Document Type: Article

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