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Enhancement of proton conductivity of sulfonated polystyrene membrane prepared by plasma polymerization process

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This work reports the achievement of higher proton conductivity of polystyrene based proton exchange membrane synthesized in a continuous RF plasma polymerization process using two precursors, styrene (C 8 H 8 ) and trifluoromethane sulfonic acid (CF 3 SO 3 H). The chemical composition of the developed membranes is investigated using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy. Scanning electron microscopy has been used for the study of surface morphology and thickness measurement of the membrane. The membranes deposited in the power range from 0·114 to 0·318 Wcm-2 exhibit a lot of variation in the properties like proton transport, water uptake, sulfonation rate, ion exchange capacity and thermal behaviour. The proton conductivity of the membranes is achieved up to 0·6 Scm-1, measured with the help of potentiostat/galvanostat. The thermogravimetric study of the plasma polymerized membrane shows the thermal stability up to 140 °C temperature.

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The authors are grateful to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. of India, for sponsoring the project (Grant no.: 102/64/2009-NT).

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  1. Physical Science Division, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Paschim Boragaon, Guwahati, 781 035, India

    BHABESH KUMAR NATH, AZIZ KHAN, JOYANTI CHUTIA, ARUP RATAN PAL, HEREMBA BAILUNG, NEELOTPAL SEN SARMA, DEVASISH CHOWDHURY & NIRAB CHANDRA ADHIKARY

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NATH, B.K., KHAN, A., CHUTIA, J. et al. Enhancement of proton conductivity of sulfonated polystyrene membrane prepared by plasma polymerization process. Bull Mater Sci 37, 1613–1624 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-014-0717-7

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