• 文献标题:   Enhancing hydroxide conductivity of anion exchange membrane via incorporating densely imidazolium functionalized graphene oxide
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MAO XL, LI Z, HE GW, LI ZY, ZHAO J, ZHANG Y, JIANG ZY
  • 作者关键词:   quaternized graphene oxide, quaternized bisphenol atype polysulfone, ion exchange capacity, composite membrane, hydroxide conductivity
  • 出版物名称:   SOLID STATE IONICS
  • ISSN:   0167-2738 EI 1872-7689
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tianjin Univ
  • 被引频次:   10
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.ssi.2019.01.023
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

This study presents a generic method to increase the hydroxide conductivity of anion exchange membranes by tuning the microphase separation structure. Graphene oxide was functionalized with macromolecular brushes for the first time by a precipitation polymerization method. Densely-functionalized imidazolium groups were aligned in the configuration of macromolecular brushes to act as hydroxide-conductive groups, which endow the functionalized graphene oxide with a high ion exchange capacity value of 3.05 mmol g(-1). Polymer-inorganic composite membrane for anion exchange membrane fuel cell was fabricated by incorporating the imidazolium-functionalized graphene oxide into imidazolium-functionalized bisphenol A-type polysulfone. The dense imidazolium groups manipulated the aggregation of conductive groups at the polymer/filler interfaces to induce the well-defined microphase structure of composite membranes, constructing low-resistance channels for ionic transport. The activation energy of hydroxide transport in composite membranes was reduced to 25.17-13.62 kJ mol(-1), in comparison with 28.63 kJ mol(-1) for control membrane. The hydroxide conductivity of composite membrane was elevated to 22.02 mS cm(-1) at 30 degrees C, which is 2.10 times of that for control membrane. The maximum power density of single fuel cell of 78.7 mW cm(-2) at 60 degrees C was thus achieved.