Preparation and characterization of sulfonated poly(phenylene oxide) proton exchange composite membrane doped with phosphosilicate gels |
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Authors: | Wei Lu Deping Lu Jianhong Liu Cuihua Li Rong Guan |
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Affiliation: | 1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, People's Republic of China;2. Normal College of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People's Republic of China |
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Abstract: | A new class of proton exchange composite membranes made by incorporating phosphosilicate gels into SPPO matrix was prepared and characterized. The thermal stability was evaluated by TGA and DSC, and the amorphous structure information was provided from XRD. The experimental results showed that the composite membranes have good stability to oxidation by Fenton's reagent test, and the membrane dimension is hardly changed, even at high temperature. The hydration number values of the persulfonic acid group of composite membranes were lower than that of Nafion 112 at room temperature, but the water uptake of composite membranes at 80°C was higher than that of Nafion 112. With increasing relative humidity and doping amount, the conductivity of the composite membranes increased. Moreover, the conductivities of water-equilibrated composite membranes were higher than that of Nafion 112 (0.0871 S/cm) at room temperature, and the highest conductivity for the composite membrane was 0.216 S/cm. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Keywords: | SPPO proton exchange membrane phosphosilicate gels composite membrane |
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