Low water/methanol permeable Nafion/CHP organic-inorganic composite membrane with high crystallinity |
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Authors: | Young-Sun Park Yohtaro Yamazaki |
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Affiliation: | Department of Innovative and Engineered Materials, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Yokohama, Japan |
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Abstract: | High methanol crossover is one of the main issues of the polyelectrolyte in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). In order to decrease methanol crossover, we introduced a new method that crystallinity control was performed with incorporating CHP (calcium hydroxyphosphate) into Nafion solution. As a result, crystallinity in the composite membranes increased with CHP content compared to cast Nafion accompanying the formation of new crystalline peaks in the original amorphous region of Nafion. On the other hand, water uptake content, methanol sorption/desorption permeability and methanol crossover in the composite membranes remarkably decreased. We conclude that an increase in crystallinity due to the strong interfacial adhesion between Nafion and CHP can suppress the methanol crossover. |
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Keywords: | Nafion Calcium hydroxyphosphate Crystallinity Diffusion X-ray |
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