Improving the properties of the proton exchange membranes by introducing α-methylstyrene in the pre-irradiation induced graft polymerization

Jingye Li; Fumihiro Muto; Takaharu Miura; Akihiro Oshima; Masakazu Washio; Shigetoshi Ikeda; Minoru Iida; Yoneho Tabata; Chihiro Matsuura; Yousuke Katsumura

doi:10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2005.12.010

Improving the properties of the proton exchange membranes by introducing α-methylstyrene in the pre-irradiation induced graft polymerization

Jingye Li^*, Fumihiro Muto, Takaharu Miura, Akihiro Oshima, Masakazu Washio, Shigetoshi Ikeda, Minoru Iida, Yoneho Tabata, Chihiro Matsuura, Yousuke Katsumura

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School of Advanced Science and Engineering

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Abstract

New proton exchange membranes (PEMs) were prepared by pre-irradiation induced grafting of α-methylstyrene (AMS)/styrene (STY)/divinylbenzene (DVB) into the crosslinked polytetrafluoroethylene (RX-PTFE) films and successively sulfonated. The new PEMs showed the improved glass transition temperature and chemical stability as compared with the PEMs prepared by pre-irradiation induced grafting of STY/DVB. The balance of the cost, grafting kinetic, thermal properties and the properties of the resulted proton exchange membrane is the key point of this work.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1222-1228
Number of pages	7
Journal	European Polymer Journal
Volume	42
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2005.12.010
Publication status	Published - 2006 Jun

Keywords

Pre-irradiation induced graft polymerization
Proton exchange membrane
α-Methylstyrene

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Physics and Astronomy(all)
Organic Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics
Materials Chemistry

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