Preface xiii 1 An Introduction to Polymeric Electrolyte Alkaline Anion Exchange Membranes 1 Jince Thomas, Minu Elizabeth Thomas, Bejoy Francis, and Sabu Thomas 2 Historical and Recent Developments in Anion Exchange Membranes (AEM) 15 Priya Goel, Priyabrata Mandal, Sujay Chattopadhyay, and Vinod K. Shahi 3 Fabrication Processes and Characterization Procedures of Anion Exchange Membranes 37 Graciela C. Abuin and Roxana E. Coppola 4 Types of Polymeric Electrolyte Anion Exchange Membranes: Heterogeneous and Grafted Membranes, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks and Homogeneous Membranes 67 Liang Zhu 5 Proton Exchange Membranes Versus Anion Exchange Membranes 97 Marilyn M. Xavier and Suresh Mathew 6 Transport and Conductive Mechanisms in Anion Exchange Membranes 125 Ramato A. Tufa, Misgina T. Tsehaye, Wenjuan Zhang, Marco Aquino, Sergio Santoro, and Efrem Curcio 7 Anion Exchange Membranes Based on Quaternary Ammonium Cations and Modified Quaternary Ammonium Cations 143 Vijayalekshmi Vijayakumar and Sang Yong Nam 8 Guanidinium Cations and Their Derivatives-Based Anion Exchange Membranes 167 Jifu Zheng, Boxin Xue, and Suobo Zhang 9 Anion Exchange Membranes Based on Imidazolium and Triazolium Cations 189 Do-Hyeong Kim, Vijayalekshmi Vijayakumar, and Sang Yong Nam 10 Radiation-Grafted and Cross-linked Polymers-Based Anion Exchange Membranes 211 Ana Laura G. Biancolli, Bianca P.
Silva Santos, and Elisabete I. Santiago 11 Degradation Mechanisms of Anion Exchange Membranes due to Alkali Hydrolysis and Radical Oxidative Species 241 Jeet Sharma and Vaibhav Kulshrestha 12 Computational Approaches to Alkaline Anion Exchange Membranes 285 Minu Elizabeth Thomas 13 An Overview of Commercial and Non-commercial Anion Exchange Membranes 309 Yang Zhang, Fan Zhang, Liang Wu, Xiaolin Ge, and Tongwen Xu 14 Membrane Electrode Assembly Preparation for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (AEMFC): Selection of Ionomers and How to Avoid CO2 Poisoning 341 Weihong Yang, Qiuyu Zhang, and Yi Yan 15 Applications of Anion Exchange Membranes Excluding Fuel Cells 361 Xiuqin Wang and Rob G.H. Lammertink 16 Research Challenges and Future Directions on Anion Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells 393 Jince Thomas, Parthiban Velayudham, Ramesh K. Singh, Sabu Thomas, Alex Schechter, and Flavio Grynszpan Index 425.