辐射诱导和原子转移自由基聚合相结合的方法制备新型聚合物电解质膜
Preparation of Novel Polymer Electrolyte Membranes by Combination of Radiation Induced Grafting and Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
关键词:燃料电池;辐射诱导;电解质膜
摘 要:The most vital components in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells are PEM materials. In the case of Nafion (DuPont Co.), the most widely used PEMs, the proton conductivity markedly decreases at high temperature ( > 80 ℃) and low relative humidity (RH) ( < 30%). This drawback limits the use of Nafion in practical and commercial applications. Our research group is developing the Nafion-alternative PEMs by using a radiation-induced grafting method1'. In these PEMs, the graft chain structures should significantly affect the proton conduction properties. Then, in this study, by combination of radiation grafting and atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), we designed the novel PEMs possessing both the hydrophobic and hydrophilic graft chains.