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CHEMSUSCHEM
卷 8, 期 24, 页码 4229-4234出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201501035
关键词
cation; fuel cell; hydroxide-exchange membrane; morphology; phase separation
资金
- U. S. Army Research Laboratory
- U. S. Army Research Office under MURI [W911NF-10-1-0520]
A series of poly(2,4-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) hydroxide-exchange membranes (HEMs) with cation strings containing a well-defined number of cations (CS-n) and similar, high ion-exchange capacities are synthesized to investigate the effect of cation distribution on key HEM properties. As the number of cations on each string grows, the size of the ionic clusters increases from 10 to 55 nm. Well-connected ion pathways and a hydrophobic framework are observed for n >= 4. The enhanced phase segregation increases the hydroxide conductivity from CS-1 to CS-6 (30 to 65 mS cm(-1)) and suppresses the water uptake (from 143% to 62%). Moreover, molar hydroxide conductivities for CS-n membranes show two distinctive stages as n increases: similar to 23 S cm(2) mol(-1) for n <= 3; and similar to 34 cm(2) mol(-1) for n >= 4.
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