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Physico-Chemical Study of Sulfonated Poly(Ether Ether Ketone) Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Application

Othman M.H.D., and Ismail A.F., and Mustafa A., (2007) Physico-Chemical Study of Sulfonated Poly(Ether Ether Ketone) Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Application. Malaysian Polymer Journal, 2 (1). ISSN 18237789

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Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering

Abstract

Sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) membranes have been prepared as a potential polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) for direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) application. The SPEEK polymer was dissolved into N, N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc) in a subsequent step after sulfonating the raw polymer with concentrated sulfuric acid. The polymer solutions were then cast by pneumatic casting machine. The influence of sulfonation reaction temperature on ion exchange capacity (IEC) and degree of sulfonation (DS) have been investigated. The results showed that the IEC and DS are increased with the temperature. The resulting membranes were then characterized by evaluating their physicochemical properties such as methanol permeability and proton conductivity as a function of DS. The overall results showed that sulfonation process successfully enhanced the proton conductivity of the membrane and the values were comparable with commercial membrane, Nafion® 117, at room temperature. Although the methanol permeability of membrane also increased after sulfonation process and proportional with DS, the value was still lower than Nafion® 117.

Item Type:Journal
Additional Information:The authors would like to acknowledge Universiti Teknologi Malaysia for the generous financial support.
Keywords:sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone), direct methanol fuel cell, methanol permeability, proton conductivity
Subjects:T Technology, Engineering
ID Code:6213

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