Sulfonated polybenzophenone/poly(arylene ether) block copolymer membranes for fuel cell applications

Takahiro Miyahara; Tetsuji Hayano; Soichi Matsuno; Masahiro Watanabe; Kenji Miyatake

doi:10.1021/am300821v

Sulfonated polybenzophenone/poly(arylene ether) block copolymer membranes for fuel cell applications

Takahiro Miyahara, Tetsuji Hayano, Soichi Matsuno, Masahiro Watanabe^*, Kenji Miyatake

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Abstract

Sulfonated polybenzophenone/poly(arylene ether) block copolymers were designed and synthesized via Ni-mediated coupling polymerization. The block copolymers were obtained as high-molecular-weight (M _n = 70-110 kDa, M _w = 150-230 kDa) with low polydispersity index (M _w/M _n = 2.0-2.3). The block copolymer membranes showed well-developed hydrophilic/hydrophobic phase separation and high proton conductivity and low gas permeability. The membrane showed better fuel cell performance and durability compared with those with Nafion, state-of-the-art proton conducting membrane.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2881-2884
Number of pages	4
Journal	ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume	4
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/am300821v
Publication status	Published - 2012 Jun 27
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

block copolymers
fuel cells
poly(arylene ether)s
poly(benzophenone)s
polymer electrolyte membranes
proton conduction

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Materials Science(all)

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