The interaction between TiO2 nanoparticles and Nafion® in Nafion composite membranes for PEM fuel cell applications

Paul W. Majsztrik; Hitoshi Ota; Andrew Bruce Bocarsly

The interaction between TiO₂ nanoparticles and Nafion® in Nafion composite membranes for PEM fuel cell applications

Paul W. Majsztrik, Hitoshi Ota, Andrew Bruce Bocarsly

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Abstract

Nafion, which to date is the best membrane material for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, limits the operating temperature of the cell to under 90°C. A study on the interaction between TiO₂ nanoparticles and Nafion in TiO₂ composite membranes was carried out to discover how TiO₂ nanoparticles interact with Nafion and if the size or surface characteristics of the particles effects this interaction. Sonication resulted in better dispersion of particles (loss of sulfonate groups over a narrower temperature range) and that using isopropanol in place of dimethyl sulfoxide produced membranes with less interaction between particles and polymer. This is an abstract of a paper presented ACS Fuel Chemistry Meeting (Washington, DC Fall 2005).

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	648-649
Number of pages	2
Journal	ACS Division of Fuel Chemistry, Preprints
Volume	50
Issue number	2
State	Published - Dec 1 2005

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