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  • Sulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone) and Phosphonic Acid-Functionalized Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Composite Membranes for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

  • Sung-Kon Kim† 

  • School of Chemical Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-Daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do 56896, Republic of Korea

  • 고분자 전해질막 연료전지용 설폰화된 폴리(아릴렌 에테르 설폰)과 인산기를 포함한 POSS 복합체 전해질막

  • 김성곤† 

  • 전북대학교 화학공학부

  • Reproduction, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form of any part of this publication is permitted only by written permission from the Polymer Society of Korea.

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This Article

  • 2023; 47(1): 1-7

    Published online Jan 25, 2023

  • 10.7317/pk.2023.47.1.1
  • Received on Jul 22, 2022
  • Revised on Aug 31, 2022
  • Accepted on Oct 4, 2022

Correspondence to

  • Sung-Kon Kim

  • School of Chemical Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-Daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do 56896, Republic of Korea

  • E-mail: skkim@jbnu.ac.kr