High Temperature Membrane with Humidification-Independent Cluster Structure
Abstract
The objective of this project was to develop high temperature membranes to facilitate the wide-spread deployment of hydrogen fuel cells. High temperature membranes offer significant advantages in PEM system operation, overall capital and operating costs. State-of-the-art Nafion-based membranes are inadequate for the high temperature operation. These conventional membranes become unstable at higher temperatures (90-120°C) and lose their conductivity, particularly at low relative humidity. In this program, alternate materials were developed to enable fabrication of novel high performance composite membranes. FCE’s concept for the multi-component composite membrane, named mC2, has been used in the design of more conductive membranes.
- Authors:
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- FuelCell Energy, Inc., Danbury, CT (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- FuelCell Energy, Danbury, CT (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- Contributing Org.:
- University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States); Scribner Associates, Inc., Southern Pines, NC (United States); Giner, Inc., Auburndale, MA (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); LGC Consultant LLC
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1192139
- Report Number(s):
- 16033 Final
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG36-06GO16033
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 08 HYDROGEN; membrane; fuel cell; PEM; high temperature
Citation Formats
Lipp, Ludwig. High Temperature Membrane with Humidification-Independent Cluster Structure. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.2172/1192139.
Lipp, Ludwig. High Temperature Membrane with Humidification-Independent Cluster Structure. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1192139
Lipp, Ludwig. 2015.
"High Temperature Membrane with Humidification-Independent Cluster Structure". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1192139. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1192139.
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abstractNote = {The objective of this project was to develop high temperature membranes to facilitate the wide-spread deployment of hydrogen fuel cells. High temperature membranes offer significant advantages in PEM system operation, overall capital and operating costs. State-of-the-art Nafion-based membranes are inadequate for the high temperature operation. These conventional membranes become unstable at higher temperatures (90-120°C) and lose their conductivity, particularly at low relative humidity. In this program, alternate materials were developed to enable fabrication of novel high performance composite membranes. FCE’s concept for the multi-component composite membrane, named mC2, has been used in the design of more conductive membranes.},
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year = {Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
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