TY - JOUR
T1 - Radel-based membranes with pyridine and imidazole side groups for high temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells
AU - Hink, Steffen
AU - Duong, Ngoc My Hanh
AU - Henkensmeier, Dirk
AU - Kim, Jin Young
AU - Jang, Jong Hyun
AU - Kim, Hyoung Juhn
AU - Han, Jonghee
AU - Nam, Suk Woo
N1 - Funding Information:
The work was supported by the K-GRL program of KIST and the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation in the frame of the 4M project.
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© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - Polysulfone-based membranes with pyridine (PY) side chains, crosslinked by imidazole (IM) groups, are synthesised, doped with phosphoric acid (PA) and characterised in the hydrogen/air fuel cell at 160 °C. It is shown that the bisphenol A (BPA) group of Udel P-3500 (Solvay) acts as a breaking point, and Radel R-5000 NT (Solvay)-based membranes, in which BPA is substituted for biphenyl, show superior stability. Undoped membranes show thermal stability of up to 330 °C (3% weight loss, 10 °C/min, nitrogen). PA-doped membranes: The weight gain during acid doping is limited by the high crosslink density, and independent of the doping temperature. By varying the ratio of pyridine to imidazole units from 2:1 to 9:1, the PA uptake can be controlled between 200 and 500 wt%, respectively. The Young modulus increases with the crosslinking density from 12 to 129 MPa. Proton conductivity of the PY/IM 2:1 membrane at 160 °C reaches 59 mS/cm. In the fuel cell, the PY/IM 2:1 membrane achieved a potential of ca. 500 mV at 0.2 A/cm2. After 430 h (330 h at 0.2 A/cm2, then 0.4 A/cm2), the cell failed, and postmortem analysis suggested severe chemical degradation. Washing the membrane with ammonia solution before doping increased the stability further.
AB - Polysulfone-based membranes with pyridine (PY) side chains, crosslinked by imidazole (IM) groups, are synthesised, doped with phosphoric acid (PA) and characterised in the hydrogen/air fuel cell at 160 °C. It is shown that the bisphenol A (BPA) group of Udel P-3500 (Solvay) acts as a breaking point, and Radel R-5000 NT (Solvay)-based membranes, in which BPA is substituted for biphenyl, show superior stability. Undoped membranes show thermal stability of up to 330 °C (3% weight loss, 10 °C/min, nitrogen). PA-doped membranes: The weight gain during acid doping is limited by the high crosslink density, and independent of the doping temperature. By varying the ratio of pyridine to imidazole units from 2:1 to 9:1, the PA uptake can be controlled between 200 and 500 wt%, respectively. The Young modulus increases with the crosslinking density from 12 to 129 MPa. Proton conductivity of the PY/IM 2:1 membrane at 160 °C reaches 59 mS/cm. In the fuel cell, the PY/IM 2:1 membrane achieved a potential of ca. 500 mV at 0.2 A/cm2. After 430 h (330 h at 0.2 A/cm2, then 0.4 A/cm2), the cell failed, and postmortem analysis suggested severe chemical degradation. Washing the membrane with ammonia solution before doping increased the stability further.
KW - Crosslinked membrane
KW - HT PEMFC
KW - Phosphoric acid doping
KW - Pyridine
KW - Radel
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ssi.2015.03.026
DO - 10.1016/j.ssi.2015.03.026
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84934315945
SN - 0167-2738
VL - 275
SP - 80
EP - 85
JO - Solid State Ionics
JF - Solid State Ionics
ER -