کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1292967 1497999 2013 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Enhanced performance of a Nafion membrane through ionomer self-organization in the casting solution
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه شیمی الکتروشیمی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Enhanced performance of a Nafion membrane through ionomer self-organization in the casting solution
چکیده انگلیسی

A Nafion membrane with enhanced performance has been prepared by using a novel casting solution containing low-polarity nonsolvent tetrachloroethylene (TCE). TCE induces self-organization of the ionomer and turns the originally transparent Nafion in dimethylformamide (DMF) solution into opaque. The Nafion membrane cast from such opaque solution remains mechanically robust and shows a proton conductivity of 0.07 S cm−1 at room temperature, and 0.21 S cm−1 at 80 °C under saturated humidity, which is an increase of 62% and 103% respectively over the membrane without TCE involvement. Besides, water content and water permeability of the new membrane become higher. The enhanced membrane performance is attributed to larger clusters of sulfonate groups in Nafion, which is revealed by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).

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► Nonsolvent tetrachloroethylene leads to self-organization of ionomer in casting solution.
► Such casting solution results in Nafion membranes with greatly improved proton conductivity.
► Higher water content and water permeability of the membrane were also observed.
► The membranes were mechanically robust despite of polymer aggregation in casting solution.
► Larger clusters of sulfonate groups in the membranes were detected via SAXS and TEM.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Power Sources - Volume 233, 1 July 2013, Pages 309–312
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