Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (8): 1884.

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Preparation and Behaviors of Sulfonated Poly (arylene ether ketone Sulfone)s /ZrO2 Composite Proton Exchange Membranes

WANG Zhe1*, GAO Hong-Cheng1, ZHAO Cheng-Ji2, CHANG Hong1, ZHANG Hui-Xuan1, NA Hui2   

  1. 1. Engineering Research Center of Synthetic Resin and Special Chemical Fiber, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China;
    2. Alan G. MacDiarmid Institute, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
  • Received:2010-09-28 Revised:2010-12-29 Online:2011-08-10 Published:2011-07-19
  • Contact: WANG Zhe E-mail:wzccut@126.com
  • Supported by:

    吉林省教育厅“十一五”科研规划项目(批准号: 2008112)资助.

Abstract: In order to enhance operating temperature of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), sulfonated poly(aryle ether ketone sulfone)/ZrO2 composite membranes with different contents of ZrO2 were prepared by sol-blend mixed method in this paper. Infrared spectra showed that the Zr-O-Zr absorption peaks existed in composite membrane. SEM photos show ZrO2 nano-inorganic particles uniformly dispersed in SPAEKS polymer matrix. It was found that the introduction of nano-particles ZrO2 improved the thermal stability, water uptake and proton conductivity. The methanol permeability coefficient (5.6×10-7cm2/s) of SPAEKS/ZrO2-10% composite membrane was lower than that of SPAEKS film (6.7×10-7 cm2/s) at 80 oC. The proton conductivities of all composite membrane exceeded 0.08 S/cm at 80 oC, which meet with the requirement of PEMFC at elevated temperature operation. The SPAEKS/ZrO2 composite membranes showed good potential for the usage in high temperature PEMFC.

Key words: Sulfonated poly(aryle ether ketone sulfone), Proton conductivity, ZrO2, Composite membrane, Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

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