Abstract
The present study looked into a sustainable approach for synthesizing sodium ion conducting cation exchange membrane, in addition to addressing the methanol permeability, ionic conductivity, and cost of the direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC). The polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-based sodium ion conducting membranes were synthesized by the sustainable modified phase inversion technique using a green nonsolvent coagulation bath composed of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfate. Alkaline medium operating sulfonated polyvinyl alcohol (SPVA)-montmorillonite clay (MMT) was developed to overcome the drawbacks of a proton exchange membrane working in an acidic medium and an anion exchange membrane used in an alkaline medium. The SPVA-MMT membrane exhibited ionic conductivity of 0.0751 S cm−1 due to the presence of inorganic salts in the coagulation bath and the cation exchange capacity of the clays. Passive alkaline DMFC studies conducted using SPVA-MMT membrane showed a peak power density of 7.51 mW cm−2 at ambient conditions.
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