Title :
Performance of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Based on New Polymeric Ionomers
Author :
Yin, Yan ; Du, Qing ; Okamoto, Kenichi
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Engines, Tianjin Univ., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
In this paper, novel polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) based on new sulfonated polyimides have been prepared. These polymers have structure of rigid aromatic polymer backbone and flexible aliphatic side chain terminated with sulfonic acid group. Membrane properties such as proton conductivity and single fuel cell performance are evaluated. Most of the polymeric ionomers showed high potential for application to PEM fuel cells.
Keywords :
polymer structure; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; flexible aliphatic side chain; membrane properties; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell; polymeric ionomers; proton conductivity; rigid aromatic polymer backbone; sulfonated polyimides; sulfonic acid group; PEM fuel cell; fuel cell performance; polymer electrolyte membrane; proton conductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Manufacturing and Automation (ICDMA), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
ChangSha
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4286-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICDMA.2010.386
