Proceedings of Symposium on Energy Engineering in the 21st Century (SEE2000) Volume I-IV

ISBN Print: 1-56700-132-7

DEVELOPMENT OF PROTON CONDUCTING MEMBRANES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS

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DOI: 10.1615/SEE2000.1900
pages 1483-1488

S. N. Lvov Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering, The Energy Institute The Pennsylvania State University

X. Y. Zhou The Energy Institute, The Pennsylvania State University

L. Benning The Energy Institute, The Pennsylvania State University

X. J. Wei The Energy Institute, The Pennsylvania State University

M. V. Fedkin The Energy Institute, The Pennsylvania State University

H. R. Allcock Department of Chemistry The Pennsylvania State University

M. A. Hofmann Department of Chemistry The Pennsylvania State University

A. M. Cannon Department of Chemistry The Pennsylvania State University

E. C. Kellam Department of Chemistry The Pennsylvania State University

R. V. Morford Department of Chemistry The Pennsylvania State University

Résumé

Recent development of direct methanol fuel cells operating at elevated temperatures are reviewed emphasizing research on membranes which are suitable for high temperature conditions. Current research on this topic in our laboratory is also described. The most important result is the development of a family of proton conducting membranes based on polyphosphazane polymers. Experimental work has been conducted to characterize these membranes, in particularly, in terms of conductivity and methanol crossover. It was found that polyphosphazane membranes can have much smaller methanol cross-over than Nafion 117.

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