An overview of the proton conductivity of nafion membranes through a statistical analysis
作者:Liu L, Chen W, & Li Y*
关键字:Nafion membrane Statisticalanalysis, Proton conductivity, Water uptake
论文来源:期刊
发表时间:2016年
ProtonconductivityofNafion membranes,thekeyfeaturefortheirapplicationinprotonexchange
membrane fuelcells,hasbeenreportedinmanyworks.Itbecomesnecessarytoassemblethesemassive
reports topresentanoverviewforfurtherdevelopmentguidelines.Weapplyanexhaustivesearchand
retrieve3539recordsfrom310originalreports.Theserecordsaredumpedintoadatabaseandasta-
tistical analysisiscarriedouttoestablishtheoverview.Thehistogram,thetrend,thetemperature,the
relativehumidityand fillers relatedtotheprotonconductivityofNafion membranesareinvestigated.
There isnotalwayspositiveprogressinrecent13yearstoimprovetheprotonconductivityofNafion
membranes. Theprotonconductivitycanbe fitted usingasimpleexponentiallyincreasingfunctionfor
relativehumiditydependence,andtheArrheniusequationfortemperaturedependencewithacceptable
correlation confidence. WatercontentsinmembranesfromvaporcanbewelldepictedbyBrunauer–
Emmett–Tellerequation,andtheyhavereasonablecorrelationwithprotonconductivities.Inorganic
fillers usuallyprovidebetterenhancementinprotonconductivitythanorganic fillers, whichisaresultof
the formerhavebetterwater-holdingcapability.Fillersthatcanfacilitatetheformationofpercolated
waterchannelwithlesstortuosityhavehighprobabilitytosignificantly improvetheprotonconductivity
of Nafion membranes.