화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Macromolecular Research, Vol.23, No.3, 256-264, March, 2015
DOI10.1007/s13233-015-3033-1  Export Citation
Poly(vinyl alcohol)/silica nanoparticles based anion-conducting nanocomposite membrane for fuel-cell applications
Gautam Das, Biplab Kr. Deka1, Seok Hee Lee, Young-Bin Park1, and Young Soo Yoon†
  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Gachon University, Gyeonggi, 461-701, Korea
  • 1School of Mechanical and Advanced Materials Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, 689-798, Korea
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Organic-inorganic heterogeneous hybrid anion conducting membranes were prepared by 1,4-diglycidyl butane ether (DGBE) aided chemical grafting of silica (SiO2) nanoparticles onto poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA). The membranes properties such as water uptake, thermo-mechanical attributes and ionic conductivity with respect to DGBE and SiO2 loadings were studied extensively. The membrane with composition of 15 wt% DGBE and 3 wt% of SiO2 enhances the tensile strength of PVA by 229%. The ionic conductivity of the membranes was observed to be in the range of 10^(-4)-10^(-3) Scm-1 under 100% relative humidity. A linear increase in the ionic conductivity with temperature was demonstrated by all the membranes. The PVA nanocomposites appeared to be a potential candidate for application in alkaline fuel cell.
Keywords:chemical techniques;thermal property;anion conducting membrane;nanostructures
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