High proton conductivity electrolysis with lower acidity than Nafion®
inexpensive catalyst is available instead of platinum
Overview
A perfluorocarbon material such as Nafion ® is widely used as a
proton exchange membrane of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell
(PEFC) used as a power source for a home and an automobile.
However, such materials are difficult to use with catalysts other
than platinum catalysts because of their extremely high acidity.
This technology related to ion exchange membrane which has
conductivity equal to Nafion ® and much lower acidity than its.
This membrane is able to combine with inexpensive catalyst
instead of platinum, and expected to reduce the cost of PEFC.
Conductivity of electrolysis contained polymermodified silica or cellulose nanocrystal
Product Application
・Proton exchange membrane for PEFC
・Water electrolysis membrane
Related Works
[1] ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 14674-14678
[2] ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2021, 9, 10093-10099
IP Data
IP No. : JPB 6736827
Inventor : ARITA Toshihiko, MASUHARA Akito, et al.
keyword : electrolysis, PEFC, MEA