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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
Volume 380, Issue 1-2, Pages 208-215Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.07.010
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Fuel cell; Direct methanol fuel cell; Poly(vinyl alcohol); Multi-walled carbon nanotube
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Organic/inorganic membranes based on sulfonated poly(vinyl alcohol) (s-PVA) and sulfonated multi-walled carbon nanotubes (s-MWNTs) nanocomposite membranes (SPVA) with various compositions were prepared for use as proton exchange membranes in direct membrane fuel cells (DMFCs). The SPVA membranes were cross-linked with both glutaraldehyde and s-MWNTs to reduce the level of water (methanol) uptake. The unreacted carboxylic acid and sulfonic acid of the s-MWNTs were also cross-linked with the hydroxyl groups of the PVA matrix. The ion exchange capacity (IEC) and proton conductivity of the membranes initially increased with increasing amount of s-MWNTs, because the s-MWNTs have abundant sulfonic acid groups. The composite membranes exhibited excellent proton conductivity ranging from 0.032 to 0.075 S/cm as well as low methanol permeability ranging from 1.12 x 10(-8) to 3.32 x 10(-9) cm(2) s(-1) at 60. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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