APPLICATION OF SULFONATED POLYSTYRENE IN POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL

Authors

  • Sunit Hendrana Research Centre for Physics-Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Kawasan Puspiptek, Gedung 440-442, Tangerang Selatan, Banten - 15314, Indonesi
  • Erwin Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau
  • Krisman Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau
  • Syakbaniah Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau
  • Isna’im Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau
  • Yusmeri Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau
  • Neti Satria Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau
  • Tri Susilawati Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau
  • Sudirman Centre for Science and Technology of Advanced Materials - National Nuclear Energi Agency, Kawasan Puspiptek, Gedung 71, Tangerang Selatan, Banten - 15314, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17146/jsmi.2018.20.1.5406

Keywords:

sulfonated polystyrene, polymer electrolyte fuel cell, Microstructure, Benzimidazole, Ion conductivity

Abstract

APPLICATION OF SULFONATED POLYSTYRENE IN POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL. Sulfonated polystyrene (SPS) is polyelectrolyte solid that widely used in many aplications. In this works SPS is applied for some parts of polymer electrolyte fuel cell membrane due sulfonate group available in the structure. The investigation involve the application for membrane with addition of small molecules, i.e. benzimidazole and evaluating its microstructure and performance. Application of SPS solution as binding agent in MEA will also be presented.  The results show that when using SPS as fuel cell membrane, the additon of small molecules such as benzimidazole would modify its microstrusture as well as improve its ion conductivity. Meanwhile, some improvement still required for application of SPS solution as binding agent for preparation of Membrane Electrode Assembly or MEA.

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31-10-2018

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Sunit Hendrana, Erwin, Krisman, Syakbaniah, Isna’im, Yusmeri, … Sudirman. (2018). APPLICATION OF SULFONATED POLYSTYRENE IN POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL. Jurnal Sains Materi Indonesia, 20(1), 44–49. https://doi.org/10.17146/jsmi.2018.20.1.5406

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Vol. 20 No. 1 (2018): Jurnal Sains dan Materi Indonesia

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