Polymer electrolyte membrane from polybenzimidazoles: Influence of tetraamine monomer structure

B Sana, T Jana - Polymer, 2018 - Elsevier
We report successful synthesis of three types of pyridine bridged tetraamine (PyTAB)
monomers namely PyTAB-COOH, PyTAB-OH and PyTAB-CF 3 where additional functional …

Polycondensation of structurally divergent tetraamine monomers with dicarboxylic acids to synthesize polybenzimidazole copolymers for polymer electrolyte …

S Maity, T Jana - Polymer International, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In our effort to promote 2, 6‐bis (3, 4‐diaminophenyl)‐4‐phenylpyridine (Py‐TAB) as an
alternative tetraamine monomer to conventionally used 3, 3′, 4, 4′‐tetraaminobiphenyl …

Soluble polybenzimidazoles for PEM: synthesized from efficient, inexpensive, readily accessible alternative tetraamine monomer

S Maity, T Jana - Macromolecules, 2013 - ACS Publications
Tetraamine 2, 6-bis (3′, 4′-diaminophenyl)-4-phenylpyridine (Py-TAB) was found to be an
efficient, readily accessible, inexpensive monomer for synthesizing pyridine bridge …

Synthesis and characterization of pyridine‐based polybenzimidazoles for high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell applications

L Xiao, H Zhang, T Jana, E Scanlon, R Chen… - Fuel …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
A series of polybenzimidazoles (PBIs) incorporating main chain pyridine groups were
synthesized from the pyridine dicarboxylic acids (2, 4‐, 2, 5‐, 2, 6‐and 3, 5‐) and 3, 3′, 4 …

N-alkyl polybenzimidazole: Effect of alkyl chain length

S Maity, A Sannigrahi, S Ghosh, T Jana - European polymer journal, 2013 - Elsevier
Despite the presence of bulk literature on polybenzimidazole (PBI), unavailability of readily
soluble and processable PBI remains as the tallest challenge for the end-use. N-alkyl PBIs …

Mechanically robust and highly conductive polymer electrolyte membranes comprising high molecular weight poly [2, 2′-(bipyridyl)-bibenzimidazole] and graphene …

MR Berber, F Rosa, A Iranzo - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
Promising proton exchange membranes comprising a nitrogen-rich and a high molecular
weight poly [2, 2′-(bipyridyl)-bibenzimidazole](BipyPBI) polymer as a substrate and …

Polybenzimidazole (PBI)-based membranes for fuel cell, water electrolysis and desalination

A Das, KS Im, MM Kabir, HK Shon, SY Nam - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Polybenzimidazole (PBI) based membranes are extensively utilized due to their exceptional
physical properties, including ionic conductivity, thermal and mechanical robustness …

Synthesis and characterization of sulfonated polybenzimidazoles containing 4-phenyl phthalazinone groups for proton exchange membrane

C Liu, X Li, S Zhang, Z Li, Y Cao, X Jian - Solid State Ionics, 2014 - Elsevier
A novel series of sulfonated 4-phenyl phthalazinone-based polybenzimidazoles (SPPBIs)
were synthesized by solution polycondensation of 3, 3′-diaminobenzidine (DAB), 4-(4-(4 …

Preparation and characterization of polybenzimidazole membranes prepared by gelation in phosphoric acid

J Yang, R He - Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Phosphoric acid doped poly (2, 2′‐(m‐phenylene)‐5, 5′‐bibenzimidazole)(PBI)
membranes were prepared by dissolving PBI powders in 85% phosphoric acid at 190–200° …

Recent advances in polybenzimidazole (PBI)-based polymer electrolyte membranes for high temperature fuel cell applications

V Vijayakumar, K Kim, SY Nam - Applied Chemistry for …, 2019 - koreascience.kr
Polybenzimidazole (PBI), an engineering polymer with well-known excellent thermal,
chemical and mechanical stabilities has been recognized as an alternative to high …