Characterization and performance of proton exchange membranes for direct methanol fuel cell: Blending of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) with charged surface modifying macromolecule
Modification of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) membrane was attempted by blending charged surface modifying macromolecule (cSMM). The modified membrane was tested for direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) application; i.e. a SPEEK/cSMM blend membrane was compared to a SPEEK membrane and a N...
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| author | Mohd. Norddin, M. N. A. Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi Rana, D. Matsuura, T. Mustafa, A. Tabe-Mohammadi, A. |
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| description | Modification of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) membrane was attempted by blending charged surface modifying macromolecule (cSMM). The modified membrane was tested for direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) application; i.e. a SPEEK/cSMM blend membrane was compared to a SPEEK
membrane and a Nafion 112 membrane for the thermal and mechanical stability, methanol permeability, and proton conductivity. Thermal and mechanical stability of the blended membrane were slightly reduced from the SPEEK membrane but still higher than the Nafion 112 membrane. The blend membrane was found to be promising for DMFC applications because of its lower methanol diffusivity
(2.75×10−7 cm2 s−1) and higher proton conductivity (6.4×10−3 Scm−1), than the SPEEK membrane. A plausible explanation was given for the favorable effect of cSMM blending |
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| spelling | utm-71972017-10-22T08:33:47Z http://eprints.utm.my/7197/ Characterization and performance of proton exchange membranes for direct methanol fuel cell: Blending of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) with charged surface modifying macromolecule Mohd. Norddin, M. N. A. Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi Rana, D. Matsuura, T. Mustafa, A. Tabe-Mohammadi, A. TP Chemical technology Modification of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) membrane was attempted by blending charged surface modifying macromolecule (cSMM). The modified membrane was tested for direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) application; i.e. a SPEEK/cSMM blend membrane was compared to a SPEEK membrane and a Nafion 112 membrane for the thermal and mechanical stability, methanol permeability, and proton conductivity. Thermal and mechanical stability of the blended membrane were slightly reduced from the SPEEK membrane but still higher than the Nafion 112 membrane. The blend membrane was found to be promising for DMFC applications because of its lower methanol diffusivity (2.75×10−7 cm2 s−1) and higher proton conductivity (6.4×10−3 Scm−1), than the SPEEK membrane. A plausible explanation was given for the favorable effect of cSMM blending Elsevier B.V. 2008 Article PeerReviewed Mohd. Norddin, M. N. A. and Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi and Rana, D. and Matsuura, T. and Mustafa, A. and Tabe-Mohammadi, A. (2008) Characterization and performance of proton exchange membranes for direct methanol fuel cell: Blending of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) with charged surface modifying macromolecule. Journal of Membrane Science, 323 . pp. 404-413. ISSN 0376-7388 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2008.06.051 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.06.051 |
| spellingShingle | TP Chemical technology Mohd. Norddin, M. N. A. Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi Rana, D. Matsuura, T. Mustafa, A. Tabe-Mohammadi, A. Characterization and performance of proton exchange membranes for direct methanol fuel cell: Blending of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) with charged surface modifying macromolecule |
| title | Characterization and performance of proton exchange membranes for direct methanol fuel cell: Blending of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) with charged surface modifying macromolecule |
| title_full | Characterization and performance of proton exchange membranes for direct methanol fuel cell: Blending of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) with charged surface modifying macromolecule |
| title_fullStr | Characterization and performance of proton exchange membranes for direct methanol fuel cell: Blending of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) with charged surface modifying macromolecule |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterization and performance of proton exchange membranes for direct methanol fuel cell: Blending of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) with charged surface modifying macromolecule |
| title_short | Characterization and performance of proton exchange membranes for direct methanol fuel cell: Blending of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) with charged surface modifying macromolecule |
| title_sort | characterization and performance of proton exchange membranes for direct methanol fuel cell: blending of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) with charged surface modifying macromolecule |
| topic | TP Chemical technology |
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