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Recent progress in graphene oxide applied for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Authors： SHI Yilei 1, YANG Lawen 1, JIANG Zhongqing 1, *, JIA Zhijian 1, JIANG Zhong-jie 2

Units： 1 Department of Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo 315016, China; 2 New Energy Research Institute, College?of?Environment?and?Energy, South China University of?Technology, Guangzhou?510006,?Guangdong, China

KeyWords： Graphene oxide；Sulfonated graphene oxide；Proton exchange membrane；Fuel cell；Composite membrane

ClassificationCode：TQ425/TM911.42

year,volume(issue):pagination： 2015,35(5):114-121

Abstract：

Graphene oxide (GO) and sulfonated graphene oxide (SGO) are the derivatives of graphene with amphiphilic properties. They are reported to have high specific surface area, good electrical insulation and high flexibility, which make them highly attractive as the doping material of polymer membranes for various applications in fuel cells, electro-membrane separation, diffusion dialysis, electrochemical analysis and sensing, etc. This paper mainly reviews the uses of GO and SGO in proton exchange membranes (PEM), which is an indispensable component, playing a bi-functional role of conducting proton and preventing fuel permeation from the anode to the cathode in PEM fuel cell (PEMFCs). Currently, the commercialized membranes used in PEMFCs suffer from several severe problems of low proton conductivity, high fuel permeability and poor stability. The doping of GO or SGO can greatly improve proton conductivity and stability of the membranes, but decrease their fuel permeability, which are therefor of great potential to improve the properties of PEMs and thereby the performance of the corresponding PEMFCs. The present work mainly summarizes recent progress on the applications of GO and SGO in PEMs. The effects of GO and SGO on the properties of Nafion (a commercialized PEM) and some newly developed non-fluorinated PEM are systematically discussed.

Funds：

浙江省自然科学项目(No. LY14B030001),宁波市自然科学基金项目(No.2014A610035, 2012A610124),浙江省公益性技术应用研究（分析测试）项目(No. 2013C37040) 和浙江省大学生新苗人才计划项目 (No. 2011R422007,2014R422004)资助

AuthorIntro：

施奕磊 ( 1991-11-10 ) , 男, 硕士生, 从事质子交换膜燃料电池的研究

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