Journal
EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL
Volume 46, Issue 1, Pages 81-91Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2009.08.021
Keywords
Proton conducting membrane; Thiol-ene coupling reaction; Poly(aryl ether ketone) ionomers; Fuel cells
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Funding
- China High-tech Development 863 Program [2007AA03Z217]
- Guangdong Province Sci Tech Bureau [2003C105004, 2006A10704004, 2006B12401006]
- Guangzhou Sci Tech Bureau [2005U13D2031]
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A series of parent poly(aryl ether ketone)s bearing different content of unsaturated pendant propenyl groups were synthesized via nucleophilic substitution polymerization from 3,3'-diallyl-4,4'-dihydroxybiphenyl, 9,9'-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) fluorene and 4.4'-difluorobenzophenone. The polymers with pendant aliphatic sulfonic acid groups were further synthesized by free radical thiol-ene coupling reactions between 3-mercapto-1-propane-sulfonic sodium and the parent propenyl functional copolymers. The resulting sulfonated polymers with high inherent viscosity (1.83-4.69 dL/g) were soluble in polar organic solvents and can form flexible and transparent membranes by casting from their solutions. The copolymers with different ion exchange capacity could be conveniently synthesized by varying the monomers ratios. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to examine the microstructures of the membrane and the results revealed that significant hydrophilic/hydrophobic microphase separation with spherical, uniform-sized (5-10 nm) and well-dispersed hydrophilic domains was afforded. The proton conductivities of the as-prepared membranes and the state-of-the-art Nafion 117 membrane in fully hydrated state were investigated. The results revealed that the proton conductivity of the synthesized membranes increased more remarkably than that of Nafion 117 membrane with increasing temperature. The membrane with 1.69 mequiv/g of IEC had a conductivity of 2.5 x 10(-2) Scm(-1) at 100 degrees C. The membranes also possessed excellent mechanical properties, good thermal, oxidative, hydrolytic and dimensional stabilities. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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