• 文献标题:   Enhancement of proton/methanol selectivity via the in-situ cross-linking of sulfonated poly (p-phenylene-co-aryl ether ketone) and graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XUE BX, YAO J, ZHOU SY, ZHENG JF, LI SH, ZHANG SB, QIAN HD
  • 作者关键词:   proton exchange membrane, insitu crosslinking, friedelcraft acylation, graphene oxide, proton/methanol selectivity
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0376-7388 EI 1873-3123
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118102
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

It has been reported that introducing graphene oxide (GO) or functionalized GO into proton exchange membranes (PEMs) can inhibit methanol diffusion by increasing the complexity of the methanol diffusion pathway in the hydrophilic region. In fact, methanol permeation also occurs in the hydrophobic area, which is very important, but rarely studied. In this study, we propose a facile and effective in-situ cross-linking method to prepare GO/sulfonated poly (p-phenylene-co-aryl ether ketone) crosslinked PEMs. By using the sulfonic acid group in parent polymer as a solid acid catalyst, the -COOH groups in GO undergo the Friedel-Craft acylation with the nucleophilic phenyl rings in the hydrophobic segments under vacuum heating, and the construction of covalent cross-linking network between GO and hydrophobic region is achieved successfully. The obtained crosslinked membranes show obviously reduced methanol crossover and greatly enhanced selectivity. The highest power density of the passive DMFC is obtained by using the 2 wt% GO crosslinked membrane and its value (28.1 mW cm(-2)) is higher than the original parent polymer (24.4 mW cm(-2)). These results demonstrate that the hydrophobic phase is closely relevant to the transport of methanol molecules in the membrane, which provides a new idea for the construction of methanol-blocking PEMs.