Issue 35, 2010
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Chemical Communications

Novel high-performance nanohybrid polyelectrolytemembranes based on bio-functionalized montmorillonite for fuelcell applications†

Mohammad Mahdi Hasani-Sadrabadi,ab   Erfan Dashtimoghadam,a   Fatemeh S. Majedi,b   Kourosh Kabiri,c   Nassir Mokarram,d   Mehran Solati-Hashjinb  and  Homayoun Moaddele  

a Department of Polymer Engineering and Color Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
E-mail: mahdi.hasani@gmail.com
Fax: +98 21 66468243
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b Biomaterials Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

c Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran

d School of Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

e Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Inc., Arcadia, CA, USA

Abstract

This study is concerned with electrochemical investigation of novel high-performance proton exchange membranes based on bio-functionalized montmorillonite and Nafion®. It was found that the incorporation of 2 wt% BMMT into Nafion® polyelectrolyte matrix results in significantly improved methanol–air fuel cell efficiency of 30% compared to 14% for Nafion®117, and about 23-times higher membrane selectivity.

Graphical abstract: Novel high-performance nanohybrid polyelectrolyte membranes based on bio-functionalized montmorillonite for fuel cell applications

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC01125H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Apr 2010
Accepted
12 Jul 2010
First published
09 Aug 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 6500-6502

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Novel high-performance nanohybrid polyelectrolyte membranes based on bio-functionalized montmorillonite for fuel cell applications

M. M. Hasani-Sadrabadi, E. Dashtimoghadam, F. S. Majedi, K. Kabiri, N. Mokarram, M. Solati-Hashjin and H. Moaddel, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 6500 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC01125H

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