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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
Volume 310, Issue 1-2, Pages 110-118Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2007.10.037
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poly(arylene ether sulfone); ionomers; fuel cells; proton conduction
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A series of sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone)s (SPEs) containing fluorenyl groups as bulky components were synthesized and characterized for fuel cell applications. Introduction of disodium 3,3'-disulfo-4,4'-difluorophenyl sulfone (SFPS) monomer gave ionomers with high acidity and accordingly high proton conductivity as well as high proton diffusion coefficient (D,) at low humidity. The membrane of SPE60 (where the number denotes mole percentage of the component containing sulfonic acid groups; IEC (ion exchange capacity) = 1.68 mequiv./g) exhibited high proton conductivity of 4.6 x 10(-3) S/cm at 40% RH and 80 degrees C, which is one order of magnitude higher than that (6 x 10(-4) S/cm) of our previous SPE (SPE-1, IEC = 1.58 mequiv./g). D, of SPE60 membrane was ca. 4 times higher than that of the SPE-1 membrane at low water volume fraction. SPE membranes showed good oxidative and hydrolytic stability as well as favorable thermal and mechanical properties. Small-angle X-ray scattering analyses showed that the phase separation of SPE membranes was much less developed than that of the perfluorinated Nafion membrane which accounts for lower hydrogen and oxygen permeability of the former membranes. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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