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Proton exchange membranes (PEMs) are a key material for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEM-FCs).Non-fluorinated hydrocarbon PEMs are low-cost alternatives to Nafion,but limited by the low proton conductivity,because of the weak phase segregation str
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College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, Wuhan U
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Proton exchange membranes (PEMs) are a key material for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEM-FCs).Non-fluorinated hydrocarbon PEMs are low-cost alternatives to Nafion,but limited by the low proton conductivity,because of the weak phase segregation structure and narrow ion-transport channels.Various efforts have been taken to improve the performance of hydrocarbon PEMs,but mostly with complex methodologies.Here we demonstrate a simple,yet very efficient method to create phase segregation structure inside a typical hydrocarbon PEM,sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK).By simply adding appropriate amounts of water into the DMF solvent,the resulting SPEEK membrane exhibits widened ion-transport channels,with the phase size of 2.7 nm,as indicated by both molecular dynamic (MD) simulations and transmission electron microscope (TEM) observations,and the proton conductivity is thus improved by 200％.These findings not only further our fundamental understanding of hydrocarbon PEMs,but are also valuable to the development of low-cost and practical fuel cell technologies.
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