Proton exchange membrane polymer blends

Swier, S., Ramani, V., Fenton, J. M., Kunz, H. R., Shaw, M. T. and Weiss, R. A. 2005. Polymer blends based on sulfonated poly(ether ketone ketone) and poly(ether sulfone) as proton exchange membranes for fuel cells. Journal of Membrane Science 256 122-133. 

Gao, Y., Robertson, G. R, Guiver, M. D., Jian, X. G., Mikhailenko, S. D. and Kaliaguine, S. 2005. Proton exchange membranes based on sulfonated poly(phthalazinone ether ketone)s/aminated polymer blends. Solid State Ionics 176 409-415. 

Kang MS, Kim JH, Won J, Moon SH, Kang YS (2005) Highly charged proton exchange membranes prepared by using water soluble polymer blends for fuel cells. J Membr Sci 247 127-135... 

Bhavani P, Sangeetha D (2012) Blend membranes for direct methanol and proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Chinese J Polym Sci 30 548-560... 

K. J. Balkus Jr., I.H. Musselman, D.-J. Yang, J.P. Ferraris, Perfluorocyclobutyl (PFCB)-based polymer blends for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), J. Membr. Sci. 431 (2013) 86-95. 

Polymer/sihca composite blends, not only improve the physical properties, snch as the mechanical properties and thermal properties of the materials, but they can also exhibit some unique properties that have attracted strong interest in many industries. Besides common plastics and rubber reinforcanent, many other potential and practical applications of this type of nanocomposites have been reported coatings, flame-retardant materials, optical devices, electronics and optical packaging materials, photo resist materials, photo-luminescent conducting film, per-vaporation membrane, ultra-permeable reverse-selective membranes, proton exchange membranes, grouting materials, sensors and materials for metal uptake, etc. As for the colloidal polymer/sihca nanocomposites with various morphologies, they usually exhibit enhanced, even novel, properties when compared with the traditional nanocomposites and have many potential applications in various areas. 

Hu, I Conrad, O., Proton exchange membrane comprising polymer blends for use in high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells, Int. Pat. Appl. WO 2011/035795,31.03.2011, to Ewe-Forschungszentrum Ftlr Energietechnologie E. V. 

Novel methanol barrier polymer electrolyte manbranes for direct methanol fuel cells were proposed and characterized from PVA blend- lystyrene sulfonic add (PSS A). The effects of curing tanperature, methanol concentration, and membrane composition on the ionic conductivity and the methanol permeability of the membranes were also investigated [50]. In an interesting study, a new proton exchange... 

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