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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 36, Issue 18, Pages 11955-11960Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.06.054
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Quaternized polybenzimidazole membrane; Air-breathing; Alkaline direct ethanol fuel cell
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [(GS1) (20776139)]
- Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China [(gs2) (2009AA05Z121)]
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A new anion exchange membrane was synthesized by a green and facile route-chemically grafting polybenzimidazole (PBI) membrane with BrCH2CH3. The obtained membrane was characterized by means of ex-situ and in-situ tests (EDX, FTIR, AC impedance, single cell test and so on). The results suggested that the group of -CH2CH3 was successfully grafted onto N atom within PBI backbone, while with Br- as counter ion. The corresponding ionic conductivity and ethanol permeability were about 0.022 Scm(-1) and 5.24 x 10(-8) cm(2)s(-1) respectively. Finally, single cell test suggested that air-breathing alkaline direct ethanol fuel cell with quaternized PBI membrane can deliver a peak power density of about 11 mWcm(-2) even at ambient temperature of 13 degrees C, which was better than those of air-breathing alkaline direct methanol fuel cell in literatures. In addition, a possible reaction mechanism was also proposed and discussed. Copyright (C) 2011, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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