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Fuel-cell performance of multiply-crosslinked polymer electrolyte membranes prepared by two-step radiation technique

Yamaki, Tetsuya; Sawada, Shinichi; Asano, Masaharu; Maekawa, Yasunari; Yoshida, Masaru*; Gubler, L.*; Alkan G$"u$rsel, S.*; Scherer, G. G.*

A multiply-crosslinked polymer electrolyte membrane was prepared by the radiation-induced co-grafting of styrene and a bis(vinyl phenyl)ethane (BVPE) crosslinker into a radiation-crosslinked polytetrafluoroethylene (cPTFE) film. We then investigated its hydrogen/oxygen fuel-cell performance at 60 and 80$$^{circ}$$C in terms of the effect of radiation and chemical crosslinking. At 60$$^{circ}$$C, all the membranes initially exhibited similar performance, but only the cPTFE-based membranes were durable at 80$$^{circ}$$C, indicating the necessity of radiation crosslinking in the PTFE main chains. Importantly, cell performance of the multiply-crosslinked membrane was found high enough to reach that of a Nafion112 membrane. This is probably because the BVPE crosslinks in the graft component improved the membrane-electrode interface in addition to membrane durability. After severe OCV hold tests at 80 and 95$$^{circ}$$C, the performance deteriorated, while no significant change was observed in ohmic resistivity. Accordingly, our membranes seemed so chemically stable that an influence on overall performance loss could be negligible.

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