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Effect of polyethylene glycol on sulfonated polyether imide (SPEI) for fuel cell applications

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Abstract

The sulfonated polyetherimide (sPEI) was synthesized by direct sulfonation method using chlorosulfonic acid as a sulfonating agent. Different sulfonation degrees of sPEI was obtained by varying the ratio of PEI to chlorosulfonic acid and reaction time. Then, sulfonated polyetherimide was blended with polyethylene glycol (PEG) and thermally cross-linked in order to achieve high performance proton exchange membrane. It was found that the addition of PEG resulted in a significant increase in porosity and water uptake of the membranes, which favored proton transport at low temperature. The maximum proton conductivity was 11 mS/cm at 75°C for the blend membrane containing 20% PEG. The sulfonation and blend modification of PEI were characterized by attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy.

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  1. Polymer Engineering Group, Composite Science and Technology Research Center, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Tehran, P.O. Box: 1774-15875, Iran

    Hamzeh Jodat & Mehrzad Mortezaei

  2. Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, P.O. Box: 14155-6455, Iran

    Hossein Mahdavi & Leila Ahmadian-Alam

  3. Department of Polymer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Mahshahr Campus, Mahshahr, Iran

    Pedram Manafi

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Jodat, H., Mortezaei, M., Mahdavi, H. et al. Effect of polyethylene glycol on sulfonated polyether imide (SPEI) for fuel cell applications. Polym. Sci. Ser. B 58, 205–213 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1560090416020020

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