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Chemically tethered functionalized graphene oxide based novel sulfonated polyimide composite for polymer electrolyte membrane

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Novel sulfonated diamine (NSDA) having pendant sulfonic acid group was synthesized. Polycondensation reaction of this NSDA, dianhydride, and graphene oxide (GO) yielded sulfonated imidized graphene oxide (SIGO). Sulfonated imidized graphene oxide(SIGO) along with NSDA, 4,4′-oxydianiline (ODA) and 1,4,5,8-naphthalene tetracarboxylic dianhydride dianhydride(NTDA) were used for the preparation of polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs). High temperature proton conduction due to the hydrophobic- hydrophilic phase separation resulted from the incorporation of SIGO. 2.28 meq/g of ion exchange capacity (IEC), 11.18 × 10−2 S/cm of proton conductivity at room temperature and bound water of worth 5.1% between temperature ranges of 100 °C to 150 °C were exhibited by NSPI/3 wt%SIGO composite membrane. Maximum power density of 74.9 mWcm−2 was achieved at 70 °C by NSPI/ 3% SIGO in single cell direct methanol fuel cell test. All these results make these composite membranes suitable candidate to be used as PEM.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Hazara University, Mansehra, 21120, Pakistan

    Wajid Rehman, Khurram Liaqat, Srosh Fazil & Iram Bibi

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Poonch, Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

    Khurram Liaqat & Srosh Fazil

  3. Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, 45650, Pakistan

    Shaukat Saeed

  4. Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Waseem

  5. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, People’s Republic of China

    Muhammad Shakeel

  6. Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University, Abbottabad, Pakistan

    Sadullah Mir

  7. School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

    Cun-Yue Guo

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Rehman, W., Liaqat, K., Fazil, S. et al. Chemically tethered functionalized graphene oxide based novel sulfonated polyimide composite for polymer electrolyte membrane. J Polym Res 26, 82 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-019-1744-2

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