Статья
2019

New Gas-Diffusion Electrode Based on Heterocyclic Microporous Polymer PIM-1 for High-Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell

I. I. Ponomarev I. I. Ponomarev , K. M. Skupov K. M. Skupov , Iv. I. Ponomarev Iv. I. Ponomarev , D. Yu. Razorenov D. Yu. Razorenov , Yu. A. Volkova Yu. A. Volkova , V. G. Basu V. G. Basu , O. M. Zhigalina O. M. Zhigalina , S. S. Bukalov S. S. Bukalov , Yu. M. Volfkovich Yu. M. Volfkovich , V. E. Sosenkin V. E. Sosenkin
Российский электрохимический журнал
https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193519060156
Abstract / Full Text
Ponomarev, I.I., Skupov, K.M., Ponomarev, I.I. et al. New Gas-Diffusion Electrode Based on Heterocyclic Microporous Polymer PIM-1 for High-Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell. Russ J Electrochem 55, 552–557 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193519060156

Polymer of intrinsic microporosity PIM-1 was used for electrospun polymer nanofiber producing. After pyrolysis, the obtained nanofibers, in a form of entire mat, were used as a support for cathode electrocatalyst for high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell on polymer polybenzimidazole membrane. The material was characterized by the methods of standard contact porosimetry, Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The I-V curves for membrane-electrode assembly suggest a possibility of using the carbon material for electrodes in a fuel cell on polymer membrane.

Author information

  • Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    I. I. Ponomarev, K. M. Skupov, Iv. I. Ponomarev, D. Yu. Razorenov, Yu. A. Volkova & S. S. Bukalov

  • Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Federal Research Center “Crystallography and Photonics,” Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333, Moscow, Russia

    V. G. Basu & O. M. Zhigalina

  • National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute,”, 123182, Moscow, Russia

    V. G. Basu

  • Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    Yu. M. Volfkovich & V. E. Sosenkin

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