Advanced nanocomposite membranes for fuel cell applications: a comprehensive review

Combination of inorganic fillers into organic polymer membranes (organic–inorganic hybrid membranes) has drawn a significant deal of attention over the last few decades. This is because of the incorporated influence of the organic and inorganic phases towards proton conductivity and membrane stabili...

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Main Authors: Kolsoum Pourzare, Yaghoub Mansourpanah, Saeed Farhadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Green Wave Publishing of Canada 2016-12-01
Series:Biofuel Research Journal
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Online Access:http://www.biofueljournal.com/article_40309_c7386fc4593a87012a9c2d8bbb64b3c8.pdf
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spelling doaj-a1ce7d6820834f54ab867fe0291c567b2020-11-24T22:56:44ZengGreen Wave Publishing of CanadaBiofuel Research Journal2292-87822292-87822016-12-013449651310.18331/BRJ2016.3.4.440309Advanced nanocomposite membranes for fuel cell applications: a comprehensive reviewKolsoum Pourzare0Yaghoub Mansourpanah1Saeed Farhadi2Membrane Research Laboratory, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, P.O. Box 68137-17133, Iran.Membrane Research Laboratory, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, P.O. Box 68137-17133, Iran.|Membrane Separation Technology (MST) Group, Biofuel Research Team (BRTeam), Karaj, Iran.Membrane Research Laboratory, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, P.O. Box 68137-17133, Iran.Combination of inorganic fillers into organic polymer membranes (organic–inorganic hybrid membranes) has drawn a significant deal of attention over the last few decades. This is because of the incorporated influence of the organic and inorganic phases towards proton conductivity and membrane stability, in addition to cost decline, improved water retention property, and also suppressing fuel crossover by increasing the transport pathway tortuousness. The preparation methods of the composite membranes and the intrinsic characteristics of the used particles as filler, such as size, type, surface acidity, shape, and their interactions with the polymer matrix can significantly affect the properties of the resultant matrix. The membranes currently used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are perfluorinated polymers containing sulfonic acid, such as Nafion®. Although these membranes possess superior properties, such as high proton conductivity and acceptable chemical, mechanical, and thermal stability, they suffer from several disadvantages such as water management, CO poisoning, and fuel crossover. Organic-inorganic nanocomposite PEMs offer excellent potentials for overcoming these shortcomings in order to achieve improved FC performance. Various inorganic fillers for the fabrication of composite membranes have been comprehensively reviewed in the present article. Moreover, the properties of polymer composites containing different nanoparticles have been thoroughly discussed.http://www.biofueljournal.com/article_40309_c7386fc4593a87012a9c2d8bbb64b3c8.pdfOrganic-inorganic nanocompositeProton exchange membraneInorganic fillersFuel cell
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Yaghoub Mansourpanah
Saeed Farhadi
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Yaghoub Mansourpanah
Saeed Farhadi
Advanced nanocomposite membranes for fuel cell applications: a comprehensive review
Biofuel Research Journal
Organic-inorganic nanocomposite
Proton exchange membrane
Inorganic fillers
Fuel cell
author_facet Kolsoum Pourzare
Yaghoub Mansourpanah
Saeed Farhadi
author_sort Kolsoum Pourzare
title Advanced nanocomposite membranes for fuel cell applications: a comprehensive review
title_short Advanced nanocomposite membranes for fuel cell applications: a comprehensive review
title_full Advanced nanocomposite membranes for fuel cell applications: a comprehensive review
title_fullStr Advanced nanocomposite membranes for fuel cell applications: a comprehensive review
title_full_unstemmed Advanced nanocomposite membranes for fuel cell applications: a comprehensive review
title_sort advanced nanocomposite membranes for fuel cell applications: a comprehensive review
publisher Green Wave Publishing of Canada
series Biofuel Research Journal
issn 2292-8782
2292-8782
publishDate 2016-12-01
description Combination of inorganic fillers into organic polymer membranes (organic–inorganic hybrid membranes) has drawn a significant deal of attention over the last few decades. This is because of the incorporated influence of the organic and inorganic phases towards proton conductivity and membrane stability, in addition to cost decline, improved water retention property, and also suppressing fuel crossover by increasing the transport pathway tortuousness. The preparation methods of the composite membranes and the intrinsic characteristics of the used particles as filler, such as size, type, surface acidity, shape, and their interactions with the polymer matrix can significantly affect the properties of the resultant matrix. The membranes currently used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are perfluorinated polymers containing sulfonic acid, such as Nafion®. Although these membranes possess superior properties, such as high proton conductivity and acceptable chemical, mechanical, and thermal stability, they suffer from several disadvantages such as water management, CO poisoning, and fuel crossover. Organic-inorganic nanocomposite PEMs offer excellent potentials for overcoming these shortcomings in order to achieve improved FC performance. Various inorganic fillers for the fabrication of composite membranes have been comprehensively reviewed in the present article. Moreover, the properties of polymer composites containing different nanoparticles have been thoroughly discussed.
topic Organic-inorganic nanocomposite
Proton exchange membrane
Inorganic fillers
Fuel cell
url http://www.biofueljournal.com/article_40309_c7386fc4593a87012a9c2d8bbb64b3c8.pdf
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