期刊
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
卷 243, 期 -, 页码 796-804出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.06.033
关键词
Fuel cell; High temperature; Polymer electrolyte membrane; Polybenzimidazole; Phosphoric acid; Phenylindane
资金
- U.S. DOE/EERE-ITP [CPS 18990]
A thermally stable and organo-soluble phenylindane-containing polybenzimidazole (phenylindane-PBI) was synthesized from 3,3',4,4'-tetraaminobiphenyl and 1,1,3-trimethyl-3-phenylindan-4',5-dicarboxylic acid using polyphosphoric acid (PPA) as both solvent and dehydrating agent. Polymerization conditions were carefully investigated to achieve high molecular weight polymers (IV = 1.00 dL g(-1)). To study the effects of backbone structure on properties, meta-PBI was also synthesized in PPA. It was found the introduction of rigid bent phenylindane moiety into the polymer backbone greatly improved the polymer solubility in polar aprotic solvents. The fabrication of acid-doped phenylindane-PBI membranes was attempted by both sal-gel and acid imbibing processes. The membranes prepared by the latter method showed a maximum proton conductivity of 0.061 S cm(-1) at 180 degrees C with a phosphoric acid doping level of 10.0 PA/RU. Both phenylindane-PBI and meta-PBI membranes were fabricated into membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) and tested to evaluate their fuel cell performance. The phosphoric acid doped phenylindane-PBI membrane exhibited comparable fuel cell performance as meta-PBI under similar testing conditions, demonstrating that it is a promising polymer electrolyte membrane candidate for high-temperature fuel cell applications. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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