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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 11, Issue 16, Pages 9381-9385Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1ra00791b
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In this study, the hydration changes of Nafion were characterized as a function of water content using a combination of inelastic neutron scattering (INS) and infrared spectroscopies, and compared to a series of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid hydrates with defined stoichiometry.
Nafion, a polytetrafluoroethylene polymer with perfluorinated-vinyl-polyether side chains ending in sulfonic acid groups, is widely used as the proton-exchange membrane in polymer electrolyte fuel cells, particularly low temperature hydrogen-oxygen fuel cells. The state of hydration of the sulfonic acid groups is crucial to its operation. By using a combination of inelastic neutron scattering (INS) and infrared spectroscopies, and by comparison to a series of trifluoromethanesulfonic acid hydrates of well-defined stoichiometry, we characterise how the hydration changes as a function of water content.
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