PMID- 20981017
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110701
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 2041-1723 (Electronic)
IS  - 2041-1723 (Linking)
VI  - 1
DP  - 2010 Oct 5
TI  - Enhanced proton transport in nanostructured polymer electrolyte/ionic liquid 
      membranes under water-free conditions.
PG  - 88
LID - 10.1038/ncomms1086 [doi]
AB  - Proton exchange fuel cells (PEFCs) have the potential to provide power for a 
      variety of applications ranging from electronic devices to transportation 
      vehicles. A major challenge towards economically viable PEFCs is finding an 
      electrolyte that is both durable and easily passes protons. In this article, we 
      study novel anhydrous proton-conducting membranes, formed by incorporating ionic 
      liquids into synthetic block co-polymer electrolytes, 
      poly(styrenesulphonate-b-methylbutylene) (S(n)MB(m)), as high-temperature PEFCs. 
      The resulting membranes are transparent, flexible and thermally stable up to 180 
       degrees C. The increases in the sulphonation level of S(n)MB(m) co-polymers (proton 
      supplier) and the concentration of the ionic liquid (proton mediator) produce an 
      overall increase in conductivity. Morphology effects were studied by X-ray 
      scattering and electron microscopy. Compared with membranes having discrete ionic 
      domains (including Nafion 117), the nanostructured membranes revealed over an 
      order of magnitude increase in conductivity with the highest conductivity of 
      0.045 S cm(-1) obtained at 165  degrees C.
FAU - Kim, Sung Yeon
AU  - Kim SY
AD  - Division of Advanced Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and 
      Technology, Pohang 790-784, Korea.
FAU - Kim, Suhan
AU  - Kim S
FAU - Park, Moon Jeong
AU  - Park MJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20101005
PL  - England
TA  - Nat Commun
JT  - Nature communications
JID - 101528555
RN  - 0 (Electrolytes)
RN  - 0 (Ionic Liquids)
RN  - 0 (Protons)
RN  - 059QF0KO0R (Water)
SB  - IM
MH  - Electrolytes/*chemistry
MH  - Ionic Liquids/*chemistry
MH  - Microscopy, Electron
MH  - Molecular Structure
MH  - Nanotechnology/*methods
MH  - *Protons
MH  - Water/*chemistry
EDAT- 2010/10/29 06:00
MHDA- 2011/07/02 06:00
CRDT- 2010/10/29 06:00
PHST- 2010/04/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/09/08 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/10/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/10/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/07/02 06:00 [medline]
AID - ncomms1086 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/ncomms1086 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Nat Commun. 2010 Oct 5;1:88. doi: 10.1038/ncomms1086.