NANOCOMPOSITE PROTON-CONDUCTING MEMBRANES FOR FUEL CELL APPLICATIONS

本计画旨在开发一种新的质子传导材料，具有高质子传导率、低气体渗透性及良好的热稳定性，以应用于燃料电池。这种新材料的策略是利用金属磷酸盐和硅酸盐纳米颗粒的独特性质，与质子传导聚合物混合。 这种新材料将使氢和甲醇燃料电池的商业化技术成为可能，有望为运输车辆和移动的设备提供革命性的清洁能源。该项目致力于质子传导纳米颗粒的纳米结构复合材料的合成和表征，这是高性能燃料电池膜的关键。

This project aims to develop a new class of proton-conducting materials with high proton-conductivity, low gas permeability and good thermal stability for application to fuel cells. The strategy for such a new material is to exploit the unique properties of nanoscale particles of metal phosphates and silicates, hybridised with proton-conducting polymers. Such new materials will be enabling technology for commercialising both hydrogen and methanol fuel cells, promising a revolutionary clean energy supply particularly for transport vehicles and mobile devices. The project addresses the synthesis and characterisation of nanostructured composite of proton-conducting nanoparticles, a key to high performance fuel cell membranes.