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Surface Characterization of Poly(acrylic acid) Grafted to Photo-oxidized Perfluorosulfonic Acid Membrane Used in Fuel Cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Alla Bailey
Affiliation:
[email protected], RIT, Chemistry, Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Rochester, New York, United States
Fei Lu
Affiliation:
[email protected], RIT, Chemistry, Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Rochester, New York, United States
Ameya Khot
Affiliation:
[email protected], RIT, Chemistry, Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Rochester, New York, United States
Shahida Hussain
Affiliation:
[email protected], RIT, Chemistry, Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Rochester, New York, United States
Kyle W. Rugg
Affiliation:
[email protected], RIT, Chemistry, Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Rochester, New York, United States
G. J. Leong
Affiliation:
[email protected], RIT, Chemistry, Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Rochester, New York, United States
Thomas Debies
Affiliation:
[email protected], Xerox Corporation, Analytical Services, Webster, New York, United States
Gerald Alan Takacs
Affiliation:
[email protected], RIT, Chemistry, Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Rochester, New York, United States
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Abstract

Perfluorosulfonic acid membrane (Nafion®-117) was first surface modified with atmospheric pressure UV photo-oxidation or low-pressure vacuum UV photo-oxidation downstream from an Ar microwave plasma, and then graft polymerized with acrylic acid. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to analyze the modified Nafion surface and poly(acrylic acid) grafted to the modified surface.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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