• 文献标题:   Efficient Chitosan/Nitrogen-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide Composite Membranes for Direct Alkaline Ethanol Fuel Cells
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GORGIEVA S, OSMIC A, HRIBERNIK S, BOZIC M, SVETE J, HACKER V, WOLF S, GENORIO B
  • 作者关键词:   chitosan, nitrogendoped reduced graphene oxide, anionexchange membrane, direct alkaline ethanol fuel cell
  • 出版物名称:   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
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  • 被引频次:   15
  • DOI:   10.3390/ijms22041740
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Herein, we prepared a series of nanocomposite membranes based on chitosan (CS) and three compositionally and structurally different N-doped graphene derivatives. Two-dimensional (2D) and quasi 1D N-doped reduced graphene oxides (N-rGO) and nanoribbons (N-rGONRs), as well as 3D porous N-doped graphitic polyenaminone particles (N-pEAO), were synthesized and characterized fully to confirm their graphitic structure, morphology, and nitrogen (pyridinic, pyrrolic, and quaternary or graphitic) group contents. The largest (0.07%) loading of N-doped graphene derivatives impacted the morphology of the CS membrane significantly, reducing the crystallinity, tensile properties, and the KOH uptake, and increasing (by almost 10-fold) the ethanol permeability. Within direct alkaline ethanol test cells, it was found that CS/N rGONRs (0.07 %) membrane (P-max. = 3.7 mWcm(-2)) outperformed the pristine CS membrane significantly (P-max. = 2.2 mWcm(-2)), suggesting the potential of the newly proposed membranes for application in direct ethanol fuel cells.