Electrospun nanofibrous blend membranes for fuel cell electrolytes

Electrospun nanofiber enhanced sulfonated poly (phthalazinone ether sulfone ketone) composite proton exchange membranes

“…In most reported electrospun PEMs, the anti-swelling property is thought to provide by nonconductive components [43]. Conversely, the data presented here suggests that nonconductive components might be unnecessary in terms of swelling resistance, so as to avoid reducing mass fraction of the polyelectrolytic components and causing interfacial separation between the dissimilar components.…”

Sulfonated hydrocarbon membranes for medium-temperature and low-humidity proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs)

“…The resulting reinforced sulfonated hydrocarbon PEMs are classified into pore-filling membranes [173,[245][246][247][248][249] and sulfonated polymerimpregnated electrospun composite membranes [250,251] according to the substrate characteristics.…”

Proton conductive properties of composite membranes containing uniaxially aligned ultrafine electrospun polyimide nanofiber

“…In addition, the nanofibers had a uniform fiberdiameter for each polymer concentration, and the mean diameters of the nanofibers at 12, 15, and 18 wt% polymer concentrations were 77 AE 11, 102 AE 19, and 157 AE 11 nm (n ¼ 25), respectively. We succeeded in preparing g uniaxially aligned non-beaded nanofibers as compared to those fabricated from the six-membered ring polyimides reported in our previous reports [27] by using 6FDA-BDSAr-APPF, which possesses more flexible structure and a good solubility for organic solvents. In addition, we also succeeded in preparing an ultrafine and uniform nanofiber with a diameter of less than 100 nm by using the 6FDA-BDSA-r-APPF, although the nanofibers fabricated from the six-membered ring polyimides indicated a diameter of more than 200 nm [27].…”