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A facile approach for the preparation of cross-linked sulfonated polyimide membranes for fuel cell application
Fang, Jianhua,Zhai, Fengxia,Guo, Xiaoxia,Xu, Hongjie,Okamoto, Ken-Ichi
experimental part, p. 1102 - 1108 (2009/10/15)
A facile approach has been successfully developed for the preparation of a series of cross-linked sulfonated polyimide (SPI) membranes via the condensation reaction between the sulfonic acid groups and the activated hydrogen atoms of SPIs in the presence of phosphorous pentoxide: methanesulfonic acid in the ratio of 1: 10 by weight (PPMA, method 1) or phosphorous pentoxide only (method 2). The resulting sulfonyl linkages are very stable and the cross-linked SPI membranes showed greatly improved water stability in comparison with the uncross-linked ones while high proton conductivity was maintained. The Royal Society of Chemistry.