Amino-functionalized mesoporous silica based polyethersulfone-polyvinylpyrrolidone composite membrane for elevated temperature fuel cells

© 2016 The Electrochemical Society. Inorganic-organic nanostructured hybrid membranes based on polyethersulfone (PES)-polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) were prepared with mesoporous silica materials. All the hybrid membranes showed the similar phosphoric acid (PA) uptake. However, the proton conductivity o...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Jin, Lu, Shanfu, Zhu, H., Chen, K., Liu, J., Xiang, Y., Forsyth, M., Jianga, S.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150102025
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66225
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author Zhang, Jin
Lu, Shanfu
Zhu, H.
Chen, K.
Liu, J.
Xiang, Y.
Forsyth, M.
Jianga, S.
author_facet Zhang, Jin
Lu, Shanfu
Zhu, H.
Chen, K.
Liu, J.
Xiang, Y.
Forsyth, M.
Jianga, S.
author_sort Zhang, Jin
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description © 2016 The Electrochemical Society. Inorganic-organic nanostructured hybrid membranes based on polyethersulfone (PES)-polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) were prepared with mesoporous silica materials. All the hybrid membranes showed the similar phosphoric acid (PA) uptake. However, the proton conductivity of the PA-PES-PVP membrane was significantly increased after the addition of the inorganic fillers, especially for the amino-functionalized hollow mesoporous silica (NH2-HMS). The cell performance test also confirmed the superiority of the PES-PVP membranes with the inorganic fillers. The highest peak power density at 180 oC reached up to 480 mW cm-2 for the NH2-HMS based composite membrane fuel cell, which is 92.7 % higher than that of the PA-PES-PVP membrane fuel cell at the identical condition. The outstanding performance of the inorganic-organic hybrid membranes might be due to the facilitated proton transportation in the ordered mesoporous channels, and the great water retention of the inorganic fillers.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-662252022-10-12T05:35:17Z Amino-functionalized mesoporous silica based polyethersulfone-polyvinylpyrrolidone composite membrane for elevated temperature fuel cells Zhang, Jin Lu, Shanfu Zhu, H. Chen, K. Liu, J. Xiang, Y. Forsyth, M. Jianga, S. © 2016 The Electrochemical Society. Inorganic-organic nanostructured hybrid membranes based on polyethersulfone (PES)-polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) were prepared with mesoporous silica materials. All the hybrid membranes showed the similar phosphoric acid (PA) uptake. However, the proton conductivity of the PA-PES-PVP membrane was significantly increased after the addition of the inorganic fillers, especially for the amino-functionalized hollow mesoporous silica (NH2-HMS). The cell performance test also confirmed the superiority of the PES-PVP membranes with the inorganic fillers. The highest peak power density at 180 oC reached up to 480 mW cm-2 for the NH2-HMS based composite membrane fuel cell, which is 92.7 % higher than that of the PA-PES-PVP membrane fuel cell at the identical condition. The outstanding performance of the inorganic-organic hybrid membranes might be due to the facilitated proton transportation in the ordered mesoporous channels, and the great water retention of the inorganic fillers. 2016 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66225 10.1149/07514.0581ecst http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150102025 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150102044 restricted
spellingShingle Zhang, Jin
Lu, Shanfu
Zhu, H.
Chen, K.
Liu, J.
Xiang, Y.
Forsyth, M.
Jianga, S.
Amino-functionalized mesoporous silica based polyethersulfone-polyvinylpyrrolidone composite membrane for elevated temperature fuel cells
title Amino-functionalized mesoporous silica based polyethersulfone-polyvinylpyrrolidone composite membrane for elevated temperature fuel cells
title_full Amino-functionalized mesoporous silica based polyethersulfone-polyvinylpyrrolidone composite membrane for elevated temperature fuel cells
title_fullStr Amino-functionalized mesoporous silica based polyethersulfone-polyvinylpyrrolidone composite membrane for elevated temperature fuel cells
title_full_unstemmed Amino-functionalized mesoporous silica based polyethersulfone-polyvinylpyrrolidone composite membrane for elevated temperature fuel cells
title_short Amino-functionalized mesoporous silica based polyethersulfone-polyvinylpyrrolidone composite membrane for elevated temperature fuel cells
title_sort amino-functionalized mesoporous silica based polyethersulfone-polyvinylpyrrolidone composite membrane for elevated temperature fuel cells
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150102025
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150102025
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66225