Preparation of cross-linked membranes using highly sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) by thiol-ene click reaction for proton exchange membrane fuel cell application
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Cross-linked sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone)(SPAES) membranes with high degree of sulfonation(DS) of 70 mol% were prepared by thiol-ene click reaction using thiol endgroup SPAES with vinyl polysulfone(VPSf) as a cross-linker and the degree of cross-linking was controlled with the amount of VPSf. The physicochemical stabilities such as oxidative and dimensional stability were significantly improved by cross-linking compared to the linear SPAES membrane. The proton conductivities of the cross-linked membranes could be repeatedly measured despite the high DS of 70 mol%, which was difficult before cross-linking, and were larger than that of linear SPAES membrane of 50 mol% DS with similar IEC value. In addition, the fuel cell performance of membrane electrode assembly(MEA) using the cross-linked membrane(C-SPAES_7) showed higher maximum power density 692 mWcm-2 than that(603 mWcm-2) when using Nafion 212 membrane at 80℃ under fully humidified H2/Air condition.