Various states of water species in an anion exchange membrane characterized by Raman spectroscopy under controlled temperature and humidity

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作者
Wakolo, Solomon Wekesa [1 ]
Tryk, Donald A. [2 ]
Nishiyama, Hiromichi [2 ]
Miyatake, Kenji [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Iiyama, Akihiro [2 ]
Inukai, Junji [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Yamanashi, Integrated Grad Sch Med Engn & Agr Sci, 4-4-37 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 4008510, Japan
[2] Univ Yamanashi, Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Nanomat Ctr, Kofu, Yamanashi 4000021, Japan
[3] Univ Yamanashi, Clean Energy Res Ctr, 4-3-11 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 4008510, Japan
[4] Waseda Univ, Dept Appl Chem, Tokyo 1698555, Japan
关键词
FUEL-CELL; MICRO-RAMAN; STRETCHING VIBRATIONS; NAFION MEMBRANE; MANAGEMENT; DYNAMICS; SPECTRUM; AMMONIA; BAND; ATR;
D O I
10.1039/d3cp03660j
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Anion exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs) hold the key to future mass commercialisation of fuel cell technology, even though currently, AEMFCs perform less optimally than proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Unlike PEMFCs, AEMFCs have demonstrated the capability to operate independently of Pt group metal-based catalysts. Water characterization inside the membrane is one factor that significantly influences the performance of AEMFCs. In this paper, different water species inside an anion exchange membrane (AEM), QPAF-4, developed at the University of Yamanashi, were studied for the first time using micro-Raman spectroscopy. Spectra of pure water, alkaline solutions, and calculations based on density functional theory were used to identify the water species in the AEM. The OH stretching band was deconvoluted into nine unique Gaussian bands. All the hydrogen-bonded OH species increased steadily with increasing humidity, while the CH and non-H-bonded OH remained relatively constant. These results confirm the viability of micro-Raman spectroscopy in studying the various water-related species in AEMs. The availability of this technique is an essential prerequisite in improving the ionic conductivity and effectively solving the persisting durability challenge facing AEMFCs, thus hastening the possibility of mass commercialisation of fuel cells. A combination of Raman spectroscopy of an anion exchange membrane (AEM), Raman spectroscopy of alkaline solutions and Density Functional Theory calculations is used to elucidate the OH species in an AEM. The behavior of the species is discussed.
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页码:1658 / 1670
页数:14
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