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CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
卷 20, 期 18, 页码 5756-5767出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cm8001354
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- National Science Council, Taipei, Taiwan
A new class of organic-inorganic composite membranes has been constructed, as proton exchange electrolytes, in which the structures of the composites have been designed at the molecular scale to possess fast proton conduction. Polysiloxane-functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were synthesized by covalently grafting hydrophilic layers composed of poly(oxyalkylene)diamines and tetraethyl orthosilicate-reinforced polysiloxane in a layer-by-layer manner onto the tube walls. The modified carbon nanotubes were blended with Nafion to form a proton-conducting membrane. Scanning electron microscopy images showed that the functionalized nanotubes had a better dispersion than the unfunctionalized nanotubes on the composite fracture surfaces. The incorporation of the inorganic polysiloxane layer onto the CNT sidewalls forms a resistance, which effectively prohibits electron conduction between the nanotubes. The incorporation of the amino-containing polymer onto the CNTs promotes Nation coalescence on the CNTs through ionic interactions between amines and sulfonate groups, as evidenced by the shift of the -SO3- symmetric stretching peak in the FTIR, the N Is region in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and the increase of the decomposition temperature of sulfonate groups in thermogravimetric analysis. This approach provides continuous paths suitable for fast proton conduction (sigma = 2.8 x 10(-2) S/cm at 30 degrees C) and also maintains the proton conduction at high temperatures (sigma = 6.3 x 10-2 S/cm at 130 degrees C).
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