Poly (ether ether ketone ketone) based imidazolium as anion exchange membranes for alkaline fuel cells

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2018.05.015

Chin.J.Chem.Eng. ›› 2018, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (10): 2130-2138.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2018.05.015

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Poly (ether ether ketone ketone) based imidazolium as anion exchange membranes for alkaline fuel cells

Tiantian Li¹, Xuemei Wu¹, Wanting Chen¹, Xiaoming Yan², Dongxing Zhen¹, Xue Gong¹, Jiafei Liu², Shaofeng Zhang¹, Gaohong He^1,2

1 State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Research and Development Center of Membrane Science and Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China;
2 School of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Research and Development Center of Membrane Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China

Received:2018-03-31 Revised:2018-05-19 Online:2018-11-14 Published:2018-10-28
Contact: Xiaoming Yan,E-mail addresses:yanxiaoming@dlut.edu.cn;Gaohong He,E-mail addresses:hgaohong@dlut.edu.cn
Supported by:
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21706023, 21476044, 21406031), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFB0101203), Education Department of Liaoning Province of China (LT2015007), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (DUT16TD19) and the Changjiang Scholars Program (T2012049).

Poly (ether ether ketone ketone) based imidazolium as anion exchange membranes for alkaline fuel cells

Tiantian Li¹, Xuemei Wu¹, Wanting Chen¹, Xiaoming Yan², Dongxing Zhen¹, Xue Gong¹, Jiafei Liu², Shaofeng Zhang¹, Gaohong He^1,2

1 State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Research and Development Center of Membrane Science and Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China;
2 School of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Research and Development Center of Membrane Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin 124221, China

通讯作者: Xiaoming Yan,E-mail addresses:yanxiaoming@dlut.edu.cn;Gaohong He,E-mail addresses:hgaohong@dlut.edu.cn
基金资助:
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21706023, 21476044, 21406031), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFB0101203), Education Department of Liaoning Province of China (LT2015007), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (DUT16TD19) and the Changjiang Scholars Program (T2012049).

Abstract

Abstract: An imidazolium functionalized poly (ether ether ketone ketone) (PEEKK-DImOH) anion exchange membrane (AEM) readily soluble in certain low-boiling-point solvents (isopropanol) is prepared. The solubility results are consistent with the results of molecular dynamics simulations. By varying the chloromethylation reaction temperature or concentrated sulfuric acid concentration of PEEKK, the degrees of chloromethylation of PEEKK are changed from 54% to 92%, the corresponding PEEKK-DImOH AEMs with the ion exchange capacities (IECs) of 1.14-1.65 mmol·g^-1. The PEEKK-DImOH 92% AEM shows high hydroxide conductivity (31 mS·cm^-1), suitable water uptake (94%) and acceptable swelling ratio (39%) at 60℃. In addition, the PEEKK-DImOH AEMs possess good thermal and alkaline stability. The maximum power density (46.16 mW·cm^-2) of fuel cell prepared with PEEKK-DImOH 92% AEM as exchange membrane and ionomer is much higher than that with commercial AHA membranes. All the above results indicate that the PEEKK used in this study is a promising AEM matrix material for alkaline fuel cells.

Key words: Poly (ether ether ketone ketone), Membranes, Solubility, Ionomer, 1,2-Dimethylimidazole, Fuel cells

摘要： An imidazolium functionalized poly (ether ether ketone ketone) (PEEKK-DImOH) anion exchange membrane (AEM) readily soluble in certain low-boiling-point solvents (isopropanol) is prepared. The solubility results are consistent with the results of molecular dynamics simulations. By varying the chloromethylation reaction temperature or concentrated sulfuric acid concentration of PEEKK, the degrees of chloromethylation of PEEKK are changed from 54% to 92%, the corresponding PEEKK-DImOH AEMs with the ion exchange capacities (IECs) of 1.14-1.65 mmol·g^-1. The PEEKK-DImOH 92% AEM shows high hydroxide conductivity (31 mS·cm^-1), suitable water uptake (94%) and acceptable swelling ratio (39%) at 60℃. In addition, the PEEKK-DImOH AEMs possess good thermal and alkaline stability. The maximum power density (46.16 mW·cm^-2) of fuel cell prepared with PEEKK-DImOH 92% AEM as exchange membrane and ionomer is much higher than that with commercial AHA membranes. All the above results indicate that the PEEKK used in this study is a promising AEM matrix material for alkaline fuel cells.

关键词: Poly (ether ether ketone ketone), Membranes, Solubility, Ionomer, 1, 2-Dimethylimidazole, Fuel cells

Tiantian Li, Xuemei Wu, Wanting Chen, Xiaoming Yan, Dongxing Zhen, Xue Gong, Jiafei Liu, Shaofeng Zhang, Gaohong He. Poly (ether ether ketone ketone) based imidazolium as anion exchange membranes for alkaline fuel cells[J]. Chin.J.Chem.Eng., 2018, 26(10): 2130-2138.

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