Self-Enhancement of Perfluorinated Sulfonic Acid Proton Exchange Membrane with Its Own Nanofibers

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High-performance proton exchange membrane (PEM) is crucial for the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). Herein, a novel "self-enhanced" PEM is fabricated for the first time, which is composed of perfluorinated sulfonic acid (PFSA) resin and its own nanofibers as reinforcement. With this strategy, the interfacial compatibility issue of conventional fiber-reinforced membranes is fully addressed and up to 80 wt% loading of PFSA nanofibers can be incorporated. Furthermore, on account of chain orientation within the PFSA nanofiber, single fiber exhibits super-high conductivity of 1.45 S cm-1, leading to state-of-the-art proton conductivity (1.1 S cm-1) of the as-prepared "self-enhanced" PEM so far, which is an order of magnitude increase compared with the bulk PFSA membrane (0.29 S cm-1). It surpasses any commercial PEM including the popular GORE-SELECT and Nafion HP membranes and is the only PEM with conductivity at 100 S cm-1 level. In addition, the mechanical strength and swelling ratio of membranes are both substantially improved simultaneously. Based on the high-performance "self-enhanced" PEM, high peak power densities of up to 3.6 W cm-2 and 1.7 W cm-2 are achieved in H2-O2 and H2-Air fuel cells, respectively. This strategy can be applied in any polymeric electrolyte membrane.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) - 36(2024), 15 vom: 09. Apr., Seite e2305711

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zeng, Lingping [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Xiaoli [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Caili [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ke [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Jingying [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Xiaoxi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jianchuan [VerfasserIn]
Liao, Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Zidong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Electrospinning
Fuel cells
Ion conductivity
Journal Article
Proton exchange membrane
Self‐enhance

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Date Revised 11.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/adma.202305711

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36832169X