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Liu F, Miyatake K, Tanabe M, Mahmoud AMA, Yadav V, Guo L, Wong CY, Xian F, Iwataki T, Uchida M, Kakinuma K. High-Performance Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers Enabled by Highly Gas Permeable and Dimensionally Stable Anion Exchange Ionomers. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2402969. [PMID: 38828790 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202402969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2024] [Revised: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
Abstract
Designing suitable anion exchange ionomers is critical to improving the performance and in situ durability of anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers (AEMWEs) as one of the promising devices for producing green hydrogen. Herein, highly gas-permeable and dimensionally stable anion exchange ionomers (QC6xBA and QC6xPA) are developed, in which bulky cyclohexyl (C6) groups are introduced into the polymer backbones. QC650BA-2.1 containing 50 mol% C6 composition shows 16.6 times higher H2 permeability and 22.3 times higher O2 permeability than that of QC60BA-2.1 without C6 groups. Through-plane swelling of QC650BA-2.1 decreases to 12.5% from 31.1% (QC60BA-2.1) while OH- conductivity slightly decreases (64.9 and 56.2 mS cm-1 for QC60BA-2.1 and QC650BA-2.1, respectively, at 30 °C). The water electrolysis cell using the highly gas permeable QC650BA-2.1 ionomer and Ni0.8Co0.2O in the anode catalyst layer achieves two times higher performance (2.0 A cm-2 at 1.69 V, IR-included) than those of the previous cell using in-house ionomer (QPAF-4-2.0) (1.0 A cm-2 at 1.69 V, IR-included). During 1000 h operation at 1.0 A cm-2, the QC650BA-2.1 cell exhibits nearly constant cell voltage with a decay rate of 1.1 µV h-1 after the initial increase of the cell voltage, proving the effectiveness of the highly gas permeable and dimensionally stable ionomer in AEMWEs.
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- Fanghua Liu
- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 4008510, Japan
- Research Organization for Nano and Life Innovation, Waseda University, Tokyo, 1698555, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 4008510, Japan
- Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Nanomaterials Center, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 4008510, Japan
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo, 1698555, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 4008510, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 4008510, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 4008510, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 4008510, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 4008510, Japan
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- Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Nanomaterials Center, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 4008510, Japan
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- Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Nanomaterials Center, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 4008510, Japan
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- Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 4008510, Japan
- Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Nanomaterials Center, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 4008510, Japan
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Chand K, Paladino O. Recent developments of membranes and electrocatalysts for the hydrogen production by Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysers: A review. ARAB J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2022.104451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Chen W, Wang X, Li T, Yan X, Wu X, Zhang Y, Zhang F, Zhang S, He G. Amphiphilic cone-shaped cationic calix[4]arene composite anion exchange membranes with continuous ionic channels. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Chen W, Li T, Yan X, Wu X, Zhang Y, Wang X, Zhang F, Zhang S, He G. Constructing ionic channels in anion exchange membrane via a Zn2+ soft template: Experiment and molecular dynamics simulation. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zhu H, Sun Z, Cao H, Wang B, Zhao J, Pan J, Xu G, Jin Z, Yan F. Highly Conductive and Dimensionally Stable Anion Exchange Membranes Based on Poly(dimethoxybenzene- co-methyl 4-formylbenzoate) Ionomers. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Hairong Zhu
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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Sung S, T.S. M, Chae JE, Kim HJ, Kim TH. Effect of increasing hydrophilic–hydrophobic block length in quaternary ammonium-functionalized poly(ether sulfone) block copolymer for anion exchange membrane fuel cells. J IND ENG CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2019.08.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ren R, Zhang S, Miller HA, Vizza F, Varcoe JR, He Q. Facile preparation of novel cardo Poly(oxindolebiphenylylene) with pendent quaternary ammonium by superacid-catalysed polyhydroxyalkylation reaction for anion exchange membranes. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wei H, Li Y, Wang S, Tao G, Wang T, Cheng S, Yang S, Ding Y. Side-chain-type imidazolium-functionalized anion exchange membranes: The effects of additional hydrophobic side chains and their hydrophobicity. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.02.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Liu FH, Lin CX, Hu EN, Yang Q, Zhang QG, Zhu AM, Liu QL. Anion exchange membranes with well-developed conductive channels: Effect of the functional groups. J Memb Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Li L, Lin CX, Wang XQ, Yang Q, Zhang QG, Zhu AM, Liu QL. Highly conductive anion exchange membranes with long flexible multication spacer. J Memb Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.02.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Wu W, Wei B, Feng J, Chi B, Liao S, Li X, Yu Y. Synthesis and Properties of Symmetric Side-Chain Quaternized Poly(Arylene Ether Sulfone)s for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201700416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Wenjun Wu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China
- The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China
- The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China
- The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China
- The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China
- The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China
- The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510641 P. R. China
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Cho MK, Lim A, Lee SY, Kim HJ, Yoo SJ, Sung YE, Park HS, Jang JH. A Review on Membranes and Catalysts for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis Single Cells. J ELECTROCHEM SCI TE 2017. [DOI: 10.33961/jecst.2017.8.3.183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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