Abstract

Proton conductive inorganic–organic hybrid membranes were synthesized from 3-glycidyloxypropyltrimethoxysiane (GPTMS), phenyltriethoxysilane (PhTES) and hydroxyalkylphosphonic acid. Two kinds of hydroxyalkylphosphonic acids, 1-hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonic acid (HEDPA) and hydroxyethanephosphonic acid (HEPA), were incorporated into the membranes as functional molecules for proton conduction. FT-IR and Raman studies revealed the presence of phosphonic acid groups in the hybrid membranes. 13C and 29Si NMR confirmed that a three-dimensional siloxane network was formed in the prepared hybrid membrane by hydrolysis and condensation reactions. DTA-TG analysis showed that these membranes were thermally stable up to 200 °C. The HEDPA-based system was found to have higher proton conductivities than the HEPA-based one. The proton conductivities of the hybrid membranes increased with the phosphonic acid content and temperature up to 130 °C. The conductivities of the HEDPA/GPTMS/PhTES membranes = 1/1.6/0.4 were 1.0 × 10 −1 and 4.5 × 10 −4 S cm −1 at 100% relative humidity and non-humidified conditions, respectively, at 130 °C.

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