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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
Volume 560, Issue -, Pages 58-66Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.05.011
Keywords
Polymer electrolyte membrane; Triazole; Blend; Acid-base interaction; Membrane electrode assembly
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- National Strategic Project-Fine Particle of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT)
- Ministry of Environment (ME)
- Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) [2017M3D8A1091937]
- GIST Research Institute (GRI) grant - GIST
- Ministry of Education, Science & Technology (MoST), Republic of Korea [gist-14] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
- Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning, Republic of Korea [GIST-14] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2017M3D8A1091937] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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A novel series of blended polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) from crosslinked sulfonated poly(arylene ether) (cSPAE100) and triazole-containing poly(arylene ether sulfone) (PAES-DTM) were prepared for fuel cell applications. cSPAE100 with a high degree of sulfonation was synthesized via aromatic condensation. PAES-DTM densely functionalized with di-triazole moieties was blended with cSPAE100. The blend ratios of the fabricated PEMs varied from 2 wt% to 10 wt%, and the blend PEMs (cSPAE-DTMs) displayed sufficiently high ion exchange capacities (IEC = 2.07-1.86 mequiv/g). Introducing the triazole moieties, the proton conductivities of cSPAE-DTM2 and cSPAE-DTM5 increased at high relative humidity (95% RH), whereas their IEC values decreased. Furthermore, evaluation of the cell performance at 80 degrees C revealed that the performance of the cSPAE-DTMs was superior to that of the pristine membrane under 50% RH. For practical application in fuel cells, the thermal, chemical and mechanical properties of all membranes were investigated.
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