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Robust selective swelling-induced pyridine-containing membranes with advanced conductivity for vanadium redox flow batteries

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Ether-Free Poly(p-terphenyl-co-acetylpyridine) Membranes with Different Thicknesses for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries

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Designing Better Flow Batteries: An Overview on Fifty Years’ Research

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A soluble highly-sulfonated polybenzimidazole with high molecular weight as membrane for vanadium flow battery with enhanced performance and long-term stability

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A thermally managed separator for lithium metal batteries operating safely above 100 °C

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Building water molecule chains in polybenzimidazole membrane toward superior vanadium redox flow battery

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A Zn‐Dendrite Dissolving Membrane to Increase the Cycling Life of Zinc Bromine Flow Batteries

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Adsorption of Phosphoric Acid on Electrospun PBI Membranes: A Thermodynamic and Kinetic Insight

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Fabrication of Tri-Directional Poly(2,5-benzimidazole) Membrane Using Direct Casting for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery

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An antioxidant polybenzimidazole with naphthalene group for high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells

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Interfacial Engineering of Polymer Membranes with Intrinsic Microporosity for Dendrite‐Free Zinc Metal Batteries

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Highly Conductive Proton Selectivity Membrane Enabled by Hollow Carbon Sieving Nanospheres for Energy Storage Devices

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Selective swelling-induced pyridine and anthrone-containing poly(aryl ether ketone) membranes for vanadium flow batteries

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Coated Bipolar Membranes with Improved Forward Bias Performance for Energy Harvesting from Salt-Contaminated Acid and Base

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ZSM-5 Membranes Fabricated through Template-Free Gel for Energy Storage

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Metal-coordinated polybenzimidazole membranes with preferential K+ transport

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Highly performance polybenzimidazole/zirconia composite membrane with loosened chain packing for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis and electrochemical CO2 reduction

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Advanced Poly(vinyl chloride)-Based Membranes Functionalized with Amino Compounds for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries

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Study of Innovative GO/PBI Composites as Possible Proton Conducting Membranes for Electrochemical Devices

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Harnessing Solvation Chemistry of Pentavalent Vanadium for Wide‐Temperature Range Vanadium Flow Batteries

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A Wide‐Temperature‐Range Electrolyte for all Vanadium Flow Batteries

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Novel ether-free membranes based on poly(p-terphenylene methylimidazole) for vanadium redox flow battery applications

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Interfacial Engineering of MXene‐Based Heterogeneous Membranes with Enhanced Ion Selectivity in Vanadium Redox Flow Battery

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Tributylphosphonium functionalized adamantane-containing poly(aryl ether ketone) membranes for vanadium redox flow batteries: Synergistically enhancing chemical stability and mechanical flexibility

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Anisotropic Polybenzimidazole Ion‐Solvating Membranes Composed of Aligned Nano‐Sheets for Efficient Acid‐Alkaline Amphoteric Water Electrolysis

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Regulating Molecular Interactions in Polybenzimidazole Membrane for Efficient Vanadium Redox Flow Battery

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Crystallizing Self‐Standing Covalent Organic Framework Membranes for Ultrafast Proton Transport in Flow Batteries

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The role of anions for phosphoric acid uptake behaviors and electrochemical performance of ion-pair type high-temperature polymer electrolyte membranes

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A long-side-chain sulfonated ether-free copolybenzimidazole membrane containing alicyclic structure for vanadium redox flow batteries

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Optimizing proton transfer of polybenzimidazole membrane through Grotthuss mechanism by an acid swelling strategy

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Acid-Doped Pyridine-Based Polybenzimidazole as a Positive Triboelectric Material with Superior Charge Retention Capability

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