Novel nanocomposite membranes based on sulfonated mesoporous silica nanoparticles modified sulfonate
Novel nanocomposite membranes based on sulfonated mesoporous silica nanoparticles modified sulfonate
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10.1016/j.memsci.2010.10.016
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2011
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Dan-Dan Liu-Dan;L. Geng;Yuqin Fu;Xin Dai;C. Lü
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Dan-Dan Liu-Dan;L. Geng;Yuqin Fu;Xin Dai;C. Lü
Novel nanocomposite proton exchange membranes were prepared by using sulfonated mesoporous silica nanoparticles (SMSNs) as inorganic fillers through direct blending with sulfonated polyimides (SPIs). The microstructure and properties of the resulting hybrid membranes were studied. The SMSNs with a diameter of 50–300nm exhibited the ordered mesopores of about 2.3nm. The introduction of sulfonated mesoporous silica improved the thermal stability, water uptake and methanol permeability of the resulting nanocomposite membranes as compared with SPI. The hybrid membrane with 3wt% SMSNs showed the highest water-uptake value of 54.2% and lowest methanol permeability value of 5.23×10−6cm2s−1. When the content of SMSNs was higher than 3wt%, both the values decreased slightly because of the aggregation of SMSNs. All of the membranes showed the excellent proton conductivity as compared with Nafion 117. When 7wt% SMSNs were incorporated into the SPI, the membrane sample presented the highest proton conductivity at different testing temperatures, indicating that the addition of SMSNs can also improve the proton conductivity of composite membranes.