Dry fuel proton exchange membranes would be an improvement to current technology since they can be run at higher temperature and with cheaper catalysts.  For that the proton transport mechanism has to be changed to one that is not based on water.  In this project imidazole is used as the transporting group for that reason.  The synthesis and characterization of fluorinated aromatic linear and branched polymers will be presented.  Initial membranes have been prepared, and mechanical strength, thermal stability, porosity, and possibly proton transport data will be presented as well.<br/>

Perfluorinated block-copolymers for dry proton exchange membranes

255th National Meeting (2018)

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