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Membranes from Sulfonated Block Copolymers for Use in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Feng Shaoguang1 Xie Xiaofeng1**　Shang Yuming1 Jin Hao1 Xu Jingming1 Zhou Qifeng2   

  1. (1. Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology , Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084 , China ;
    2. College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing 100871 , China)
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  • Contact: Xie Xiaofeng
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Fuel cells represent a clean alternative to current technologies for utilizing hydrocarbon fuel resources. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have acquired due importance as they are best suited for applications where a quick start up is required such as in automobiles.The prime requirements of fuel cell membranes are high proton conductivity, low methanol/water permeability, good mechanical and thermal　stability and moderate price.To satisfy the requiement of PEMFC, many new proton exchange membranes were developed. This paper reviews recent progress in the development of sulfonated block copolymers membrane materials to replace the perfluorinated sulfonated membrane (e.g.Nafion) for fuel cell applications to improve the performances of fuel cells. Special attention is paid to sulfonated poly(arylene ether), sulfonated polyimide and sulfonated styrene based block copolymers, which have advantageous properties as compared to that of Nafion and analogous random copolymers of the same overall composition. Finally, the development trend of sulfonated block copolymers is prospected.
Key words: fuel cells, proton exchange membrane fuel cells(PEMFC), sulfonation, block copolymer

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