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Chen, J.; Asano, Masaharu; Maekawa, Yasunari; Sakamura, Takahiro*; Kubota, Hitoshi*; Yoshida, Masaru
Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 9(11), p.G326 - G329, 2006/00
Times Cited Count:5 Percentile:21.90(Electrochemistry)A novel process comprising UV-induced photografting of styrene into PTFE films and subsequent sulfonation has been developed for preparing proton-conducting membranes. The significance of this process is that the graft chains can penetrate throughout the PTFE base films; the resultant sulfonated electrolyte membrane with a low degree of grafting near 7% shows higher proton conductibility and better mechanical properties, similar to those of Nafion membrane. Furthermore, the performances of the UV-photografted electrolyte membranes are better as compared to those of the radiation grafted electrolyte membranes.
Chen, J.; Asano, Masaharu; Maekawa, Yasunari; Sakamura, Takahiro*; Kubota, Hitoshi*; Yoshida, Masaru
Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 9(5), p.G184 - G186, 2006/00
Times Cited Count:8 Percentile:31.00(Electrochemistry)UV radiation-induced photografting of styrene into ETFE films for the preparation of fuel cell membranes was carried out. The proton conductivity in thickness direction of membranes prepared by the vapor- and liquid-phase photografting can reach as high as 0.065 and 0.087 S/cm, respectively. The higher conductivity in the liquid-phase grafting is close to the homogeneity of graft chain distribution in the membrane.