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New Approaches to the Preparation of Nanocomposite Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells

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Experimental results on the development of two original approaches to obtaining new nanocomposite proton exchange membranes for low-temperature fuel cells are generalized. The first approach consists in in situ modification of the transport channels of commercial proton exchange membranes of the Nafion brand with interpenetrating polymer networks of the introduced polyelectrolyte based on cross-linked polystyrene sulfonate. The second approach is to create a proton exchange nanoscale phase based on polystyrene sulfonate in commercial hydrophobic polymer films. Polystyrene sulfonate is formed during thermal polymerization of styrene sorbed in the films without using ionizing radiation, followed by sulfonation. The influence of the conditions for obtaining membranes on the composition, morphology, transport properties, and results of testing the membranes in low-temperature fuel cells is considered.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 17-79-30054). The morphology of the samples was studied on the equipment of the Research Common Use Center of the Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences as a part of the state assignment (project no. AAAA-A19-119061890019-5).

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  1. Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432, Chernogolovka, Moscow oblast, Russia

    Yu. A. Dobrovolsky, E. A. Sanginov & N. G. Bukun

  2. Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), 346428, Novocherkassk, Rostov-on-Don oblast, Russia

    Yu. A. Dobrovolsky

  3. Branch of N.N. Semenov Federal Research Center for Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432, Chernogolovka, Moscow oblast, Russia

    A. N. Ponomarev, D. A. Kritskaya & E. F. Abdrashitov

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Dobrovolsky, Y.A., Sanginov, E.A., Bukun, N.G. et al. New Approaches to the Preparation of Nanocomposite Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells. Nanotechnol Russia 15, 319–325 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995078020030039

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