SBIR Phase I: Design of New Polymeric Composites for Proton Exchange Membranes

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将设计和合成一系列新的聚合物复合材料，专门用于制造用于燃料电池应用的质子交换膜(PEM)。基于新的聚合物复合材料家族的新型质子交换膜有望在一般燃料电池应用中超过最先进的Nafion型质子交换膜，并具有开发下一代氢和甲醇燃料电池所需的所有性能。能源和运输行业迅速认识到，燃料电池是即将到来的能源生产系统革命的领先技术。燃料电池应用的市场非常巨大，从个人电子产品和汽车设计到便携式和固定式发电机。要深入渗透到这些市场，需要优秀的燃料电池系统，而如果该项目成功，优秀的燃料电池系统正是能够实现的。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will design and synthesis of a new family of polymer composites tailored for the fabrication of proton exchange membranes (PEMs) to be used in fuel cell applications. The novel PEMs, based on a new family of polymeric composites, are expected to surpass state-of-the-art Nafion.-type PEMs in general fuel cell applications, and to have all the properties needed to allow the development of the next generation of H2 and methanol fuel cells. The energy and transportation industry is quickly recognizing fuel cells as the leading technology in an upcoming revolution in energy production systems. The market accessible to fuel cell applications is simply gigantic, ranging from personal electronics and car design to portable and stationary power generators. Superior fuel cell systems are needed to penetrate deeply in those markets and superior fuel cell systems is exactly what the project will enable if successful.