Understanding Morphology and Ion Transport in Novel Poly (cyclooctene) Based Membranes Under Humidified Conditions

Abstract

Anion Exchange membranes have been gaining popularity for their applications in fuel cells, CO2electrolysers, redox flow batteries, etc. The main focus has been in the area of synthesizing new polymers for these applications and understanding their morphological and transport properties under humidified conditions of operations. The main aim is toward increasing the ion transport and minimizing degradation over time. Phase separated morphology is one of the pathways to create defined ionic pathways to increase ion conductivity of the AEMs. Here we report morphological study performed on a polycyclooctene based triblock copolymer AEM, for electrochemical applications.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2016
Source ID
10.1149/ma2016-01/31/1538

Entities

People

  • Andrew M Herring
  • E. Bryan Coughlin
  • Himanshu Sarode
  • Wenxu Zhang
  • Yuan Yang

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Polymer Science and Technology

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Microelectronics