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We reported sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK, 61% degree of sulfonation)-metal oxides (MO 2 :SiO 2 , TiO 2 and ZrO 2 )-polyaniline composite membranes. Metal oxides were incorporated into the swelled SPEEK membrane by sol-gel method and cured by thermal treatment. SPEEK-metal oxide membranes surfaces were modified with polyaniline (PANI) by a redox polymerization process. It was observed that water retention capacity of membrane was increased and methanol permeability was reduced due to synergetic effect of metal oxides and surface modification with polyaniline. These composite membranes showed extremely low methanol permeability (1.9-1.3 × 10 -7 cm 2 s -1 ), which was lower than till reported values either for SPEEK-metal oxide or SPEEK/PANI membranes. Relatively high selectivity parameter (SP) values at 343 K of these membranes, especially S-SiO 2 -PANI and S-TiO 2 -PANI, indicated their great advantages over Nafion117 (N117) membrane for targeting on moderate temperature applications due to the synergetic effect of MO 2 and PANI in SPEEK matrix. S-TiO 2 -PANI and N117 showed comparable cell performance in direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC).

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Author

Bijay P. Tripathi; Vinod K. Shahi

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0927-7757)

Published

2009

Language

EN

Field

Materials Science (Physical Sciences)