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Development of Sulfonated Poly(ether-ether ketone)s for PEMFC and DMFC

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During the last two decades, extensive efforts have been made to develop alternative hydrocarbon-based polymer electrolyte membranes to overcome the drawbacks of the current widely used perfluorosulfonic acid Nafion. This chapter presents an overview of the synthesis, chemical properties, and polymer electrolyte fuel cell applications of new proton-conducting polymer electrolyte membranes based on sulfonated poly(arylene ether ether ketone) polymers and copolymers.

Primary attention has been paid to the basic properties of the sulfonated polymer prepared by post-sulfonation and direct copolymerization. This chapter attempts to summarize the preparation of sulfonated poly(arylene ether ether ketone) polymers with high proton conductivity, including synthesis from monomers containing sulfonic acid groups and hybrid membranes containing inorganic materials, and fuel cells derived from new proton-conducting polymer electrolytes that have been made during the past decade.

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Kim, D.S., Guiver, M.D. (2009). Development of Sulfonated Poly(ether-ether ketone)s for PEMFC and DMFC. In: Zaidi, S.M.J., Matsuura, T. (eds) Polymer Membranes for Fuel Cells. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73532-0_4

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