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Protonic Conducting Properties of Sol-Gel derived Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposites Membrane doped with Acidic Functional Molecules

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

I. Honma
Affiliation:
Energi Division, Electrotechnical Laboratory, AIST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan, +81-298-54-5797, [email protected]
Y. Takeda
Affiliation:
Kougakuinn University, Tokyo, Japan
J. M. Bae
Affiliation:
New energy and industrial technology development organization (NEDO), Japan
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Abstract

High temperature protonic conducting polymer membranes provide new technological applications in electrochemicaldevices including electrochromic displays, chemicalsensors and fuel cells. Organic/inorganimanocomposite membranes consisting of SiO2 /PEO (Polyethylene Oxides) hybrid are a remarkable family of isotropic, flexible, amorphous polymer materials, which have been synthesized through sol-gel processes. The hybrid membrane doped with acidic moieties such as monododecylphosphate or phosphotungstic acid shows good protonic conductivities at temperatures above 100°C. The protonic conducting membrane was found to be thermally stable at temperatures because of the inorganic SiO2 framework in the nanocomposites matrix.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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