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Extra Water- and Acid-Stable MOF-801 with High Proton Conductivity and Its Composite Membrane for Proton-Exchange Membrane.

Jin ZhangHui-Juan BaiQiu RenHong-Bin LuoXiao Ming RenZheng-Fang TianShanfu Lu
Published in: ACS applied materials & interfaces (2018)
Proton-exchange membranes (PEMs), characterized by selectively permitting the transfer of protons and acting as a separator in electrochemical devices, have attracted immense attention. The composite membrane, fabricated from organic polymer matrix and high proton-conducting metal-organic framework (MOF), integrates the excellent physical and chemical performances of the polymer and MOF, achieving collective properties for good-performance PEMs. In this study, we demonstrate that MOF-801 shows remarkable proton conductance with σ = 1.88 × 10-3 S cm-1 at 298 K and 98% relative humidity (RH), specifically, together with extra stability to hydrochloric acid or diluting sodium hydroxide aqueous solutions and boiling water. Furthermore, the composite membranes (denoted MOF-801@PP- X, where X represents the mass percentage of MOF-801 in the membrane) have been fabricated using the sub-micrometer-scale crystalline particles of MOF-801 and blending the poly(vinylidene fluoride)-poly(vinylpyrrolidone) matrix, and these PEMs display high proton conductivity, with σ = 1.84 × 10-3 S cm-1 at 325 K 98% RH. A composite membrane as PEM was assembled into H2/O2 fuel cell for tests, indicating that these membrane materials have vast potential for PEM application on electrochemical devices.
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