Anion Conductive Aromatic Block Copolymers Containing Diphenyl Ether or Sulfide Groups for Application to Alkaline Fuel Cells
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- 作者：Naoki Yokota ; Hideaki Ono ; Junpei Miyake ; Eriko Nishino ; Koichiro Asazawa ; Masahiro Watanabe ; Kenji Miyatake
- 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- 出版年：2014
- 出版时间：October 8, 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：6
- 期：19
- 页码：17044-17052
- 全文大小：490K
- ISSN：1944-8252
文摘
A novel series of aromatic block copolymers composed of fluorinated phenylene and biphenylene groups and diphenyl ether (QPE-bl-5) or diphenyl sulfide (QPE-bl-6) groups as a scaffold for quaternized ammonium groups is reported. The block copolymers were synthesized via aromatic nucleophilic substitution polycondensation, chloromethylation, quaternization, and ion exchange reactions. The block copolymers were soluble in organic solvents and provided thin and bendable membranes by solution casting. The membranes exhibited well-developed phase-separated morphology based on the hydrophilic/hydrophobic block copolymer structure. The membranes exhibited mechanical stability as confirmed by DMA (dynamic mechanical analyses) and low gas and hydrazine permeability. The QPE-bl-5 membrane with the highest ion exchange capacity (IEC = 2.1 mequiv g鈥?) exhibited high hydroxide ion conductivity (62 mS cm鈥?) in water at 80 掳C. A noble metal-free fuel cell was fabricated with the QPE-bl-5 as the membrane and electrode binder. The fuel cell operated with hydrazine as a fuel exhibited a maximum power density of 176 mW cm鈥? at a current density of 451 mA cm鈥?.