Structural characterization of a new multicomponent membrane (gCN/PTI mixed with Nafion) for energy applications.

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Proton exchange membranes are essential components of devices where is required to transport H+ while blocking the flow of other ions and molecules used as reactants. The most common ionomeric material is Nafion, which has excellent H+ conductivity, despite having poor selectivity against other ions and small molecules. It is been found that introducing ~1% gCN (graphitic carbon nitrides) into Nafion/SPEEK membranes enhances H+ conduction. We propose to use neutron scattering to investigate the effects of gCN materials co-deposited with Nafion on the membrane structure that will be correlate with the transport properties. Our studies will provide a first direct evaluation of the effects of GO and gCN/PTI 2D nanomaterials incorporated in ionomer membrane structures for fuel cell and other energy conversion/storage applications.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1920610-1
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/107400253
Provenance
Creator Dr Jos Cooper; Professor Paul McMillan; Dr Chris Howard; Dr Dan Brett; Dr Fabrizia Foglia; Dr Mario Campana; Dr Victoria Garcia Sakai; Dr Thomas Miller; Mr Keenan Smith; Dr Adam Clancy
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2022
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2019-10-07T07:30:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2019-10-12T17:46:04Z