Zirconium phosphate as the proton conducting material in direct hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells operating above the boiling point of water
| Autor: | Tara J. Burchell, Marten Ternan, Brant A. Peppley, Amani Al-Othman, Wendy G. Pell, Sadok Letaief, André Y. Tremblay |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Zirconium
Materials science Aqueous solution Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Inorganic chemistry Energy Engineering and Power Technology chemistry.chemical_element Proton exchange membrane fuel cell Electrolyte Conductivity Dielectric spectroscopy chemistry.chemical_compound Zirconium phosphate chemistry Electrical and Electronic Engineering Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Proton conductor |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Power Sources. 195:2520-2525 |
| ISSN: | 0378-7753 |
| Popis: | Zirconium phosphate (ZrP) was investigated as a possible proton conductor material in direct hydrocarbon polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells that operate at greater temperatures than conventional PEM fuel cells. Amorphous zirconium phosphate was synthesized in this work by precipitation at room temperature via reaction of ZrOCl 2 with H 3 PO 4 aqueous solutions. The conductivity of the synthesized ZrP materials were 7.04 × 10 −5 S cm −1 for ZrP oven dried in laboratory air at 70 °C and 3.57 × 10 −4 S cm −1 for ZrP powder dried first at 70 °C in laboratory air and then processed at 200 °C with continuous H 2 O injection at an H 2 O/N 2 molar ratio of 6. This work showed that by maintaining appropriate water content in the vapour phase at processing conditions, it was possible to alter the composition of zirconium phosphate to a sufficiently hydrated state, and thereby avoid the normal decrease in conductivity with increasing temperature. |
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