Property and structure of ultra-thin Nafion films for applications to fuel cells and other technologies

用于燃料电池和其他技术的超薄 Nafion 薄膜的特性和结构

• 批准号: 249550-2012
• 负责人: Karan, Kunal
• 金额: $ 2.48万
• 依托单位: Queen's University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=509991
• 关键词: Property; structure; ultra; thin; Nafion

The proposed research program will study the structure and property of ultra-thin (less than one-thousands the thickness of human hair) films of Nafion, a polymer electrolyte material. The research builds my group's recent findings that these ultra-thin films have unique properties that are "distinct" from the well-studied, much thicker membrane form. The fundamental knowledge generated in the proposed research program will open the Nafion class of material to applications beyond the original motivation in fuel cell (FC) electrode design to sensors, actuators, photoelectrochemical and optical devices - by tailoring the nano-structure of these thin films to attain application-specific properties.

拟议的研究计划将研究聚合物电解质材料Nafion的超薄（厚度小于人类头发的千分之一）薄膜的结构和性能。这项研究建立了我的团队最近的发现，这些超薄薄膜具有独特的特性，与经过充分研究的厚得多的膜形式“不同”。在拟议的研究计划中产生的基础知识将打开Nafion类材料的应用超越燃料电池（FC）电极设计的原始动机，传感器，执行器，光电化学和光学设备-通过定制这些薄膜的纳米结构，以获得特定的应用特性。