• 文献标题:   Polyoxometalate decorated graphene oxide/sulfonated poly(arylene ether ketone) block copolymer composite membrane for proton exchange membrane fuel cell operating under low relative humidity
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   OH K, SON B, SANETUNTIKUL J, SHANMUGAM S
  • 作者关键词:   phosphotungstic acid, block copolymer, composite membrane, proton conductivity, fuel cell performance
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0376-7388 EI 1873-3123
  • 通讯作者地址:   DGIST
  • 被引频次:   15
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.memsci.2017.07.020
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

A phosphotungstic acid (PW) decorated graphene oxide (GO) is explored as a filler for sulfonated poly(arylene ether ketone) (SPAEK) block copolymer. The SPAEK/PW-mGO composite membrane shows higher proton conductivity than a pristine SPAEK membrane. At 80 degrees C under 25% relative humidity (RH) condition, the fuel cell configured with the SPAEK/PW-mGO composite membrane shows improved fuel cell performance. A maximum power density of 772 mW cm(-2) is observed for the SPAEK/PW-mGO composite membrane, whereas the pristine SPAEK membrane exhibits a maximum power density of 10 mW cm(-2) operated under 25% RH at 80 degrees C. Compared with the NRE-212 membrane, the SPAEK/PW-mGO composite membrane exhibits 4.8-times higher maximum power density. Furthermore, the maximum current density of the SPAEK/PW-mGO composite membrane (2271 mA cm(-2)) is much higher than pristine SPAEK (39 mA cm(-2)) and NRE-212 (734 mA cm(-2)) membranes.