A study on composite membranes based on hydrocarbon polymers and ionic liquids for high temperature PEFCs

고온 PEFCs를 위한 탄화수소계열 고분자와 이온성 액체를 함유하는 복합막에 관한 연구

  • Baek, Ji-Suk (Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University) ;
  • Park, Jin-Soo (Department of Environmental Engineering, Sangmyung University) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-Hyun (Department of New Materials, Youngnam University) ;
  • Moon, Gi-Young (Department of New Materials, Youngnam University) ;
  • Kim, Hye-Kyung (Department of New Materials, Youngnam University) ;
  • Choi, Young-Woo (Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)) ;
  • Park, Go-Gun (Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)) ;
  • Yang, Tae-Hyun (Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Soo (Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)) ;
  • Shul, Young-Gun (Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University)
  • Published : 2009.11.25

Abstract

The water-like ionic liquids have been widely used to enable the proton conduction in ionic liquid based membranes at high temperature and anhydrous PEFCs. In this study, we synthesized various kinds of composite membranes based on hydrocarbon polymers having good thermal and mechanical stabilities at high temperatures and ionic liquids. The composite membrane consisting of hydrocarbon polymer and ionic liquid was characterized by thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) and impedance spectroscopy. Consequently the non-aqueous composite membranes of a variety of hydrocarbon polymer and ionic liquids have good conductivity and thermal stability at high temperature conditions.

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