期刊
JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
卷 659, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120820
关键词
Anion exchange membrane; Bulky imidazolium; PEG pendant; Low ion exchange capacity; Physical entanglement
资金
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2021YFD1600402]
- Na-tional Science Foundation of China [21835005, 21975002]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2022MD7137798]
- Key Research and Development Project of Anhui Province [2022a05020047]
By grafting hydrophilic and flexible polyethylene glycol chains, imidazolium-type anion exchange membranes with excellent film-forming ability and high ion conductivity were successfully prepared, showing promising performance in alkaline fuel cells.
Imidazoliums with bulky substitutes are promising alternative cations for anion exchange membranes due to their superior stability under alkaline conditions. However, bulky imidazolium-based AEMs suffer from low conductivity as well as poor film-forming ability, and thus unfavorable fuel cell performance. Herein, we presented a strategy to graft hydrophilic and flexible polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains on the imidazoliums to prepare imidazolium-type AEMs. The resulting AEMs showed excellent film-forming ability with reasonable tensile strengths of 18.7 MPa similar to 31.8 MPa and high elongation at break of 21.2%-133.3%. Owing to the welldeveloped microphase-separated morphology and increased water uptake, the AEMs with a low ion exchange capacity of 0.95 meq./g displayed the hydroxide conductivity of 32.3 mS/cm at 20 degrees C. After immersion in 1 M NaOH at 80 degrees C for 1248 h, the initial conductivity was maintained by 37.1%-47.9%, and the degradation mechanism was explored by model imidazolium cations investigation. In addition, the Im-PEG-PPO-70 membrane having the highest conductivity was fabricated into membrane electrode assembly, exhibiting a peak power density of 179 mW/cm2 at 60 degrees C in a single H2/O2 alkaline fuel cell. A short-term life test on this MEA under 200 mA/cm2 showed a performance decay rate of 2.3 mV/h over 100 h of operation.
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