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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE
卷 61, 期 9, 页码 761-776出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pol.20220649
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PEMFC; performance; pretreatment; sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) membrane
This study focuses on the impact of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (sPEEK) membrane pretreatments on fuel cell performance. Four different protocols, including acidification, hydrothermal treatments, and hydro-alcoholic steps, were used to pretreat the membranes. The results showed that the fuel cell performances of membranes from the 2020 batch subjected to hydro-alcoholic followed by 72-hour hydrothermal pretreatments exceeded those obtained with a perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) membrane (Nafion XL), likely due to the improved sPEEK nano-structuration and higher protonic conductivity.
This work focuses on the impact of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (sPEEK) membrane pretreatments on fuel cell performance, starting from two different batches of Fumapem E730 from Fumatech, acquired in 2019 and in 2020. sPEEK membranes are possible lower cost alternatives to perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) membranes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) applications. Before use, they must be pretreated to ensure a complete protonic substitution and removal of residual reagents/solvent: the simplest protocol consists in soaking the membrane in an acid solution followed by a rinsing step in water. In addition to this acidification step, hydrothermal (HT) treatments in water at high temperature for a few hours to a few days were also considered herein, as well as a hydro-alcoholic (HA) step, because of their expected effects on membrane nanostructure. Overall, four different protocols were used. The membrane water uptake, water self-diffusion, proton conductivity, and fuel cell performance-under H-2/O-2-were measured. It was found that in the best case-membranes from the 2020 batch subjected to HA followed by 72 h HT pretreatments-the fuel cell performances exceeded those obtained with a PFSA membrane (Nafion XL). This is explained by a higher protonic conductivity, probably resulting from a better sPEEK nano-structuration.
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