Article
2018
New Composite Proton-Conducting Membranes Based on Nafion and Cross-Linked Sulfonated Polystyrene
A. A. Arslanova, E. A. Sanginov, Yu. A. Dobrovol’skii
Russian Journal of Electrochemistry
https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193518030035
Abstract / Full Text
New composite membranes based on commercial perfluorinated Nafion-115 membrane and cross-linked sulfonated polystyrene were synthesized and investigated. The membranes were prepared by radical polymerization of styrene in the presence of a cross-linking agent divinylbenzene in Nafion polymer matrix and subsequent sulfonation of formed polystyrene. The membranes containing approximately 5 and 10 wt % of cross-linked polystyrene with ion-exchange capacity of 1.1 to 1.3 mg-eq/g were obtained. Modification with sulfonated polystyrene leads to an increase in the moisture content and proton conductivity of membranes in the humidity range of 15 to 100 RH.
Author information
- Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akad. Semenova 1, Chernogolovka, Moscow oblast, 132432, RussiaA. A. Arslanova, E. A. Sanginov & Yu. A. Dobrovol’skii
- Faculty of Fundamental Physical and Chemical Engineering, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, RussiaA. A. Arslanova
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