期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 1, 期 5, 页码 1002-1012出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am800228s
关键词
zwitterionic polymer electrolyte membrane; sol-gel; organic-inorganic composite; direct methanol fuel cell
资金
- Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (Government of India) [SR/S1/PC/06/2008]
- Analytical Science Division, CSMCRI
Recently, organic-inorganic nanocomposite zwitterionic polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) have attracted remarkable interest for application to the direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) operated at intermediate temperature (100-200 degrees C). In this paper, we report the synthesis of an organic-inorganic hybrid zwitterionomer silica precursor with ammonium and sulfonic acid functionality by the ring-opening of 3-propanesultone under mild heating conditions and the preparation procedure of a proton-conductive and stable organic-inorganic zwitterion-poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) cross-linked PEM by sol-gel in aqueous media. Developed PEMs were extensively characterized by studying their physicochemical and electrochemical properties under DMFC operating conditions. These membranes were designed to possess all of the required properties of a proton-conductive membrane, namely, reasonable swelling, good mechanical, dimensional, and oxidative strength, flexibility, and low methanol permeability along with reasonable proton conductivity (4.85 x 10(-2) S cm(-1)) due to zwitterionic functionality. Moreover, from the selectivity parameter among all developed membranes, ZI-70 [zwitterionomer membrane with 70 wt % of PVA of 3-[[3-(triethoxysilyl)propyl]amino]propane-1-sulfonic acid in the membrane matrix], exhibited the best results in comparison to the Nafion 117 membrane for DMFC applications.
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