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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 37, Issue 7, Pages 6228-6235Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.10.056
Keywords
Cross-linking; Electron beam; Polysulfone; Heteropolyacid; Composite PEM
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- Brazilian agency CAPES
- Brazilian agency CNPq
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Composite sulfonated bisphenol-A-polysulfone (SPSF) based PEMs, containing tungstophosphoric acid (TPA) and modified by electron beam (EB) irradiation with doses of 50 and 100 kGy, were prepared and characterized by a number of physico-chemical methods. The probability of the cross-linking was increased by post treatment of the irradiated membranes at 180 degrees C for 8 h into a vacuum oven. The cross-linking strongly affected membrane properties, reducing their swelling, but at the same time decreasing their proton conductivity. The proton conductivity of the membranes was measured by a two electrode ac impedance technique using a frequency response analyzer. The PEMs performance was tested in H-2/O-2 fuel cell (FC) and found to approach that of Nafion (R) 117 commercial PEM at the same conditions. The PEMs composite stability was adequate at least for 2 days, during which no degradation of the performance was observed. Copyright (C) 2011, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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