Nanoporous and proton conductive hydrophobic-hydrophilic copolymer thermoset membranes

• Published in: Journal of polymer science. Part B, Polymer physics Vol. 48; no. 12; pp. 1245 - 1255
• Main Authors: Rahmathullah, M. Aflal M, Snyder, Joshua D, Elabd, Yossef A, Palmese, Giuseppe R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 15.06.2010; Wiley
• Subjects: Applied sciences; bisphenol A; carbon dioxide; composite polymers; conducting polymers; copolymerization; Copolymers; crosslinking; Energy; Energy. Thermal use of fuels; Equipments for energy generation and conversion: thermal, electrical, mechanical energy, etc; Exact sciences and technology; Exchange resins and membranes; Forms of application and semi-finished materials; Fuel cells; hydrophilicity; hydrophobicity; ion exchange; Membranes; Moles; Monomers; Nanostructure; network copolymers; networks; Organic polymers; Physicochemistry of polymers; Polymer industry, paints, wood; Polymers with particular properties; Porosity; Preparation, kinetics, thermodynamics, mechanism and catalysts; proton conductivity; Solvents; Sulfonic acid; sulfonic acids; Technology of polymers; Voltage current curve; Porous membrane; Polymer solid electrolyte; Composition effect; Acrylamide derivative copolymer; Nanoporous materials; Property processing relationship; networks; Bound water; Sulfonate copolymer; Free water; Water content; Proton conductivity; fuel cells; Supercritical fluid extraction; Proton exchange membrane fuel cells; copolymerization; Electrical properties; conducting polymers; Experimental study; membranes; Alcohol copolymer; Ion mobility; network copolymers; Morphology; Preparation; Cation exchange membrane; Methacrylate copolymer; Radical copolymerization; crosslinking

Copolymers of hydrophobic diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) vinyl ester (VE) and hydrophilic 2-acrylamido 2-methyl 1-propane sulfonic acid (AMPS) were evaluated as proton conducting membranes for fuel cell applications. Membranes were synthesized using free radical copolymerization in the pres...