Constructing Ionic Liquid-Filled Proton Transfer Channels within Nanocomposite Membrane by Using Functionalized Graphene Oxide

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 588-599

  Wu, Wenjia ^a   Li, Yifan ^a   Chen, Pingping ^a   Liu, Jindun ^a   Wang, Jingtao ^a   Zhang, Haoqin ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

anhydrous proton conductivitys; functionalized graphene oxide; interfacial microstructure; ionic liquid uptake and distribution; nanocomposite membrane

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTATICS; ETHERS; GRAPHENE; IONIC LIQUIDS; KETONES; LIQUIDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES;

ANHYDROUS PROTON CONDUCTIVITYS; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; INTERFACIAL MICROSTRUCTURE; LIQUID UPTAKE; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 84954435262     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09642     Document Type: Article

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