Solvent activities of the fluorinated solid polymer electrolyte/water system in fuel cells

We modified the lattice fluid equation-of-state by the introducing Debye-Huckel equation. A thermodynamic model taking into account the specific interaction and ionic strength between the polymer and the solvent is proposed. The proposed model successfully predicts the vapor/ liquid equilibria (VLE) of solvents and the solid polymer electrolyte (SPE). A generalized lattice fluid model is modified to describe the change of water activity in solid polymer electrolyte (SPE)/water systems. The calculated activity curves using the proposed model agree remarkably well with the experimental data. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.