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Polymer-Ceramic Proton Exchange Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

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International Scientific Conference Energy Management of Municipal Facilities and Sustainable Energy Technologies EMMFT 2019 (EMMFT 2019)

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Proton-exchange composite membranes based on poly(vinyl alcohol)/BEA zeolite for direct methanol fuel cell were obtained. Poly(vinyl alcohol) was crosslinked with sulfosuccinic acid and doped with BEA zeolite. Proton conductivity, ion-exchange capacity, water uptake, swelling ratio, methanol permeability and mechanical properties of membranes were tested. An increase in the zeolite content leads to an increase in ion-exchange capacity and a decrease in water uptake and methanol permeability of membranes. The proton conductivity temperature dependence of composite membranes in the range from 30 to 80 °C and a 100% of relative humidity was studied. The best result was demonstrated by the membrane containing 25% BEA (proton conductivity −23.2 mS cm−1, the activation energy −26 kJ mol−1 K−1). The tensile strength increases with the addition of zeolite in 4 times, and the elongation at break decreases in more than 5 times (25% BEA sample) as compared to the membrane without additives.

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The reported study was funded by RFBR, project number 18-08-00718. A. Chesnokova acknowledges financial support of INRTU (grant No 04-fpk-19).

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    Alexandra Chesnokova, Tatyana Zhamsaranzhapova, Sergey Zakarchevskiy & Yuriy Pozhidaev

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Chesnokova, A., Zhamsaranzhapova, T., Zakarchevskiy, S., Pozhidaev, Y. (2021). Polymer-Ceramic Proton Exchange Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. In: Murgul, V., Pukhkal, V. (eds) International Scientific Conference Energy Management of Municipal Facilities and Sustainable Energy Technologies EMMFT 2019. EMMFT 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1259. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57453-6_40

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