New Proton-conductive Membranes for Fuel Cells Based on Hybrid Composites

New hybrid organic-inorganic composites based on sulfur-containing styrene copolymers and allyl glycidyl ether and tetraethoxysilane were obtained by a sol-gel synthesis method. The membranes created on the basis of composites have proton-conductive properties and are characterized by a higher heat-exchange capacity compared with commercial membranes as Nafion and MF-4 SK, enabling to consider them as perspective membrane materials for fuel cells.