화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Applied Chemistry for Engineering, Vol.30, No.6, 643-651, December, 2019
DOI10.14478/ace.2019.1080  Export Citation
Recent Advances in Polybenzimidazole (PBI)-based Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for High Temperature Fuel Cell Applications
Vijayalekshmi Vijayakumar, Kihyun Kim, and Sang Yong Nam†
  • Department of Materials Engineering and Convergence Technology, Engineering Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Republic of Korea
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Polybenzimidazole (PBI), an engineering polymer with well-known excellent thermal, chemical and mechanical stabilities has been recognized as an alternative to high temperature polymer electrolyte membranes (HT-PEMs). This review focuses on recent advances made on the development of PBI-based HT-PEMs for fuel cell applications. PBI-based membranes discussed were prepared by various strategies such as structural modification, cross-linking, blending and organic-inorganic composites. In addition, intriguing properties of the PBI-based membranes as well as their fuel cell performances were highligted.
Keywords:Cross-linking;Fuel cell;Polybenzimidazole;Polymer electrolyte membrane;Structure modification
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