Polymer, volume 255, pages 125151

Advances in polybenzimidazole based membranes for fuel cell applications that overcome Nafion membranes constraints

Tushar Kanti Maiti ¹

Jitendra Singh ¹

Jagannath Majhi ¹

Arihant Ahuja ²

Subrata Maiti ¹

Prakhar Dixit ¹

Sakchi Bhushan ²

Anasuya Bandyopadhyay ¹

Sujay Chattopadhyay ¹

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Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 247667, India |

Department of Paper Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 247667, India |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2022-08-01

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Journal: Polymer

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DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125151

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Abstract

High-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are becoming more appealing to researchers around the world due to several advantages such as high energy conversion efficiency, lightweight due to the use of polymeric materials, low noise due to the lack of mechanical components, zero or low emission of harmful greenhouse gases, simple design, first reaction kinetics, and simple water management. The performance, limitations, and possibilities for the practical implementation of different high-temperature proton exchange membranes (PEMs) utilized in fuel cells are discussed in this review paper. A suitable PEM must be developed to improve the performance of membrane electrode assemblies for high-temperature PEMFCs (working temperature above 100 °C). Various PEMs such as sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK), sulfonated polystyrene (SPS), sulfonated polyimide (SPI), sulfonated polysulfone (SPSU), phosphoric acid doped polybenzimidazole (PA-PBI), perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) polymer-based membranes have been investigated as PEMs for fuel cell applications by several research groups. Among the various PEMs, PA-PBI membranes are the most promising high-temperature PEM for fuel cell applications because of their higher proton conductivity at high temperatures and anhydrous conditions, good chemical and thermal, mechanical stability, and high durability. However, the performance of high-temperature PEMs based on pristine PA-PBI is insufficient to fulfill the need for practical implementation of high-temperature PEMFCs, which needs to be enhanced further before they can be used commercially. Therefore, PA-PBI composite membranes containing various multifunctional inorganic, organic, and hybrid fillers are being actively explored to produce high-temperature PEMs. The PA-PBI composite membranes’ proton conductivity increases with rising temperature and maintains conductivity in anhydrous conditions, as well as chemical, thermal, and oxidative stability under operating conditions and long-term performance stability.

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DO - 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125151

UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125151

TI - Advances in polybenzimidazole based membranes for fuel cell applications that overcome Nafion membranes constraints

T2 - Polymer

AU - Maiti, Tushar Kanti

AU - Singh, Jitendra

AU - Majhi, Jagannath

AU - Ahuja, Arihant

AU - Maiti, Subrata

AU - Dixit, Prakhar

AU - Bhushan, Sakchi

AU - Bandyopadhyay, Anasuya

AU - Chattopadhyay, Sujay

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@article{2022_Maiti,

author = {Tushar Kanti Maiti and Jitendra Singh and Jagannath Majhi and Arihant Ahuja and Subrata Maiti and Prakhar Dixit and Sakchi Bhushan and Anasuya Bandyopadhyay and Sujay Chattopadhyay},

title = {Advances in polybenzimidazole based membranes for fuel cell applications that overcome Nafion membranes constraints},

journal = {Polymer},

year = {2022},

volume = {255},

publisher = {Elsevier},

month = {aug},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125151},

pages = {125151},

doi = {10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125151}

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