Towards high-temperature fuel cells using sulfonated-phosphonated poly(pentafluorostyrene)

Theresa Stigler; Sebastian Auffarth; Maximilian Wagner; Andreas Hutzler; Simon Thiele; Jochen Kerres

doi:10.1039/D4CC06418F

Towards high-temperature fuel cells using sulfonated-phosphonated poly(pentafluorostyrene)†

Theresa Stigler,

*^ab Sebastian Auffarth,

^ab Maximilian Wagner,^ac Andreas Hutzler,

^a Simon Thiele

^ab and Jochen Kerres

*^ad

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^a Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IET-2), Cauerstr. 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
E-mail: th.stigler@fz-juelich.de, j.kerres@fz-juelich.de

^b Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Immerwahrstr. 2a, 91058 Erlangen, Germany

^c Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme IKTS, Äußere Nürnberger Straße 62, 91301 Forchheim, Germany

^d Chemical Resource Beneficiation Faculty of Natural Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa

Abstract

Herein, we present a hybrid polymer material with phosphonic acid and sulfonic acid moieties on a poly(pentafluorostyrene) backbone utilizing the S_NAr Michaelis–Arbuzov and the para-fluoro-thiol reaction. Blending the hybrid material with a benzimidazole polymer yielded a mechanically stable membrane featuring proton conductivities up to three times higher than conventional Nafion N211 at temperatures above 120 °C.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC06418F
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 04 Dec 2024
Accepted: 05 Mar 2025
First published: 05 Mar 2025
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Chem. Commun., 2025,61, 5134-5137

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Towards high-temperature fuel cells using sulfonated-phosphonated poly(pentafluorostyrene)

T. Stigler, S. Auffarth, M. Wagner, A. Hutzler, S. Thiele and J. Kerres, Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 5134 DOI: 10.1039/D4CC06418F

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Towards high-temperature fuel cells using sulfonated-phosphonated poly(pentafluorostyrene)†

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