Abstract

Yulia Sergeevna Sedesheva, Vitaly Sergeyevich Ivanov, Alyona Igorevna Wozniak and Anton Sergeyevich Yegorov*

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/320501

Review is dedicated to discussion of different types of proton-exchange membranes used in fuel cells (FC). One of the most promising electrolytes is polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM). In recent years, researchers pay great attention to various non-fluorinated or partially fluorinated hydrocarbon polymers, which may become a real alternative to Nafion. Typical examples are sulfonatedpolyetheretherketones, polyarylene ethers, polysulphones, polyimides. A class of polyimides-based hydrocarbon proton-exchange membranes is separately considered as promising for widespread use in fuel cell, such membranes are of interest for our further experimental development.

The fuel cell (FC); a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA); proton-exchange (electrolytic) polymer membrane (PEM); Nafion; polyimides; sulfonated polyimide (SPI)

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