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Chemical stability of new nafion membranes doped with bisphosphonic acids under Fenton oxidative conditions

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Resumo:ABSTRACT: The development of new proton exchange membranes for PEM technology in fuel cells and electrolysers with increased durability is paramount to system's lifetime and scalability. In this work, new modified Nafion membranes doped with bisphosphonic acids are proposed with increased resilience to chemical degradation by H2O2/Fe2+, mimicking ex-situ radical attack to membrane structure. Relevant properties were evaluated throughout Fenton's test using fluoride ion release and gravimetry determinations, and by ATR-FTIR spectros-copy and SEM before and after the chemical degradation. The new membranes showed a very good chemical stability after oxidative degradation under Fenton's test conditions at 80 degrees C, with more durability than Nafion 115 commercial membrane. After chemical degradation, the proton conduction of the membranes was assessed through EIS which reveals a decrease in the proton conductivity of all membranes, with the new modified membranes showing a smaller decrease of their proton conduction properties than Nafion 115 membrane. Fluoride ion release, weight loss measurements and ATR-FTIR spectros-copy data analysis suggest degradation of the side chain of the ionomer.
Autores principais:Teixeira, Fatima
Outros Autores:Teixeira, António P. S.; Rangel, C. M.
Assunto:Fuel cells Proton exchange membrane Electrolysis Nafion modified membranes Chemical degradation
Ano:2023
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P.
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Repositório do LNEG

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