Abstract
In this study, triazole based ionic liquid doped sulfonated polysulfone (SPSU) composite membranes were evaluated for high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) systems. SPSU obtained by sulfonation of aromatic polysulfone (PSU) polymer matrix was used in the preparation of composite electrolytes. Sulfonated polymer matrices were doped with three different triazole-based ionic liquids (TIL-1, TIL-2 and TIL-3) synthesized within the scope of the study and composite membrane series were formed. Structural, thermal and mechanical characterizations were performed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), respectively. Proton conductivities were measured over a wide temperature range (380-450 K) and the effectiveness of composite membranes in high temperature PEMFC systems was evaluated. As a result of TGA analysis, all triazole based ionic liquid doped membrane series exhibited high thermal resistance. It was observed that the proton conductivity of the composite structures was greatly improved with high temperature proton conductivity measurements (8.05 mS/cm for SPSU; 58.1 mS/cm for SPSU/TIL-3(1.0)) and the obtained membranes could be an alternative in high temperature PEMFCs.
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