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ArticlePolymers2021

New Insights into Properties of Methanol Transport in Sulfonated Polysulfone Composite Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells.

Cataldo Simari, Isabella Nicotera, Antonino Salvatore Aricò, Vincenzo Baglio, Francesco Lufrano

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Article in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cataldo SimariDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6154-5456
Isabella NicoteraDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4411-0573
Antonino Salvatore AricòCNR-ITAE, Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l'Energia "Nicola Giordano", Via Salita S. Lucia sopra Contesse n., 5-98126 S. Lucia-Messina, Italy.
Vincenzo BaglioCNR-ITAE, Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l'Energia "Nicola Giordano", Via Salita S. Lucia sopra Contesse n., 5-98126 S. Lucia-Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0541-7169
Francesco LufranoCNR-ITAE, Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l'Energia "Nicola Giordano", Via Salita S. Lucia sopra Contesse n., 5-98126 S. Lucia-Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9181-6667
Institute for Advanced Energy Technologies · ITUniversity of Calabria · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methanol crossover through a polymer electrolyte membrane has numerous negative effects on direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) because it decreases the cell voltage due to a mixed potential (occurrence of both oxygen reduction and methanol oxidation reactions) at the cathode, lowers the overall fuel utilization and contributes to long-term membrane degradation. In this work, an investigation of methanol transport properties of composite membranes based on sulfonated polysulfone (sPSf) and modified silica filler is carried out using the PFG-NMR technique, mainly focusing on high methanol concentration (i.e., 5 M). The influence of methanol crossover on the performance of DMFCs equipped with low-cost sPSf-based membranes operating with 5 M methanol solution at the anode is studied, with particular emphasis on the composite membrane approach. Using a surface-modified-silica filler into composite membranes based on sPSf allows reducing methanol cross-over of 50% compared with the pristine membrane, making it a good candidate to be used as polymer electrolyte for high energy DMFCs.

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acidic silicadirect methanol fuel cellsmethanol crossoverPFG-NMRsulfonated polysulfone

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PMID33923207
PMCPMC8123112
OpenAlexW3157981992

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