Fabrication of proton exchange membrane for non-humidified fuel cells based on polyimide Matrimid® and hydrophobic protic ionic liquid

• Date: 2023
• Author Affiliations: Sergiy P. Rogalsky — V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the NAS of Ukraine, 1, Murmanska Str, Kyiv, Ukraine, 02094; Oksana P. Tarasyuk — V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the NAS of Ukraine, 1, Murmanska Str, Kyiv, Ukraine, 02094; Tetiana V. Cherniavska — Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Natalia V. Babkina — Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 48 Kharkivske shose, Kyiv, 02160, Ukraine; Oleg V. Dzhuzha — V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the NAS of Ukraine, 1, Murmanska Str, Kyiv, Ukraine, 02094; Olena V. Shybyryn — V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the NAS of Ukraine, 1, Murmanska Str, Kyiv, Ukraine, 02094; Stanislav M. Makhno — Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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• Main Authors: Rogalsky, Sergiy P., Tarasyuk, Oksana P., Cherniavska, Tetiana V., Babkina, Natalia V., Dzhuzha, Oleg V., Shybyryn, Olena V., Makhno, Stanislav M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: V.P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2023
• Subjects: polyimide; protic ionic liquid; proton exchange membrane; cross-linking; ionic conductivity
• Online Access: https://kataliz.org.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/98
• Journal Title: Catalysis and petrochemistry

New proton exchange membrane based on polyimide Matrimid® (PI) and hydrophobic protic ionic liquid, 1-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (MIM-TFSI), has been prepared by casting from methylene chloride/dimethylformamide solution. Infrared analysis revealed physicochemic...