Recent development of polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cells

H Zhang, PK Shen - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
1. INTRODUCTION Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have increasingly
received worldwide attention because of their potential application in transportation and in …

Structural optimization of graphite for high-performance fluorinated ethylene–propylene composites as bipolar plates

MH Lee, HY Kim, SM Oh, BC Kim, D Bang… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel method of structural optimization by using graphite particles
ranging in size from 35 to 500 μm to fabricate conductive fluorinated ethylene–propylene …

Membranes based on Polyvinylidene Fluoride and Radiation-Grafted Sulfonated Polystyrene and their performance in Proton-Exchange membrane fuel cells

DV Golubenko, OV Korchagin, DY Voropaeva… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Proton-exchange membranes based on gamma-irradiated films of PVDF and radiation-
grafted sulfonated polystyrene with an ion-exchange capacity of 1.8 meq/g and crosslinking …

Poly (ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene)(ETFE)-based graft-type polymer electrolyte membranes with different ion exchange capacities: Relative humidity dependence …

TT Duy, S Sawada, S Hasegawa, Y Katsumura… - Journal of membrane …, 2013 - Elsevier
Relative humidity (RH) dependence of the electrochemical and mechanical properties of
poly (styrene sulfonic acid)-grafted poly (ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene) polymer electrolyte …

Radiation grafted ion-conducting membranes: the influence of variations in base film nanostructure

V Sproll, G Nagy, U Gasser, JP Embs… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The proton exchange membrane (PEM) is a key element of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell,
and radiation-grafting is an attractive option for the synthesis of PEMs. Via a systematic …

Towards new proton exchange membrane materials with enhanced performance via RAFT polymerization

G Çelik, M Barsbay, O Güven - Polymer Chemistry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
This study focuses on the synthesis of well-defined proton exchange membranes (PEM) for
fuel cell applications using reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) …

Enhancing proton conductivity via sub-micron structures in proton conducting membranes originating from sulfonated PVDF powder by radiation-induced grafting

S Sadeghi, LI Şanlı, E Güler, SA Gürsel - Solid State Ionics, 2018 - Elsevier
We report here submicron-structured proton conducting poly (vinylidene fluoride)-graft-poly
(styrene sulfonic acid)(PVDF-g-PSSA) membranes for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel …

Tearing and reliability of photovoltaic module backsheets

PY Yuen, SL Moffitt, FD Novoa… - Progress in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The backsheet in photovoltaic modules belongs to an important class of layered materials
where the tearing behavior of the individual layers does not necessarily represent the …

Designing Advanced Cross-Linked Proton Exchange Membranes with Enhanced Structural Homogeneity and Proton Conductivity via Radiation-Induced RAFT …

F Genç, N Yıldırım Kılıç, M Barsbay - ACS Omega, 2024 - ACS Publications
This study introduces an innovative approach to fabricate well-defined cross-linked proton
exchange membranes (PEMs) using radiation-induced reversible addition–fragmentation …

Polyvinylidene fluoride grafted poly (styrene sulfonic acid) as ionic polymer-metal composite actuator

S Mehraeen, S Sadeghi, FÇ Cebeci, M Papila… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2018 - Elsevier
A high performance ionic polymer-metal composite actuator (IPMC) based on proton
conductivity of poly (styrene sulfonic acid) was fabricated using a simple and novel method …