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New Gas-Diffusion Electrode Based on Heterocyclic Microporous Polymer PIM-1 for High-Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell

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Polymer of intrinsic microporosity PIM-1 was used for electrospun polymer nanofiber producing. After pyrolysis, the obtained nanofibers, in a form of entire mat, were used as a support for cathode electrocatalyst for high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell on polymer polybenzimidazole membrane. The material was characterized by the methods of standard contact porosimetry, Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The I-V curves for membrane-electrode assembly suggest a possibility of using the carbon material for electrodes in a fuel cell on polymer membrane.

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  1. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    I. I. Ponomarev, K. M. Skupov, Iv. I. Ponomarev, D. Yu. Razorenov, Yu. A. Volkova & S. S. Bukalov

  2. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Federal Research Center “Crystallography and Photonics,” Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333, Moscow, Russia

    V. G. Basu & O. M. Zhigalina

  3. National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute,”, 123182, Moscow, Russia

    V. G. Basu

  4. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    Yu. M. Volfkovich & V. E. Sosenkin

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Based on the paper presented at the XIV Meeting “Fundamental Problems of Solid State Ionics,” Chernogolovka (Russia), September 9–13, 2018.

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Ponomarev, I.I., Skupov, K.M., Ponomarev, I.I. et al. New Gas-Diffusion Electrode Based on Heterocyclic Microporous Polymer PIM-1 for High-Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell. Russ J Electrochem 55, 552–557 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193519060156

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