Mechanically Tough and Chemically Stable Anion Exchange Membranes from Rigid-Flexible Semi-Interpenetrating Networks

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 6689-6698

  Pan, Jing ^a,b   Zhu, Liang ^a   Han, Juanjuan ^b   Hickner, Michael A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HYDROPHILICITY; INTERPENETRATING POLYMER NETWORKS; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TESTING;

ALLYL GLYCIDYL ETHERS; ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; HIGH DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; ION CONDUCTIVITIES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM GROUP; SEMI-INTERPENETRATING NETWORKS; STRENGTH AND ELONGATIONS; SWELLING PROPERTIES;

ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84944097400     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02557     Document Type: Article

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