Jurnal Sains Materi Indonesia
Vol 20, No 1: OCTOBER 2018

APPLICATION OF SULFONATED POLYSTYRENE IN POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL

Sunit Hendrana (Research Centre for Physics-Indonesian Institute of Sciences)
Erwin Erwin (Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau)
Krisman Krisman (Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau)
Syakbaniah Syakbaniah (Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau)
Isna’im Isna’im (Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau)
Yusmeri Yusmeri (Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau)
Neti Satria (Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau)
Tri Susilawati (Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Riau)
Sudirman Sudirman (Centre for Science and Technology of Advanced Materials - National Nuclear Energi Agency)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Oct 2018

Abstract

APPLICATION OF SULFONATED POLYSTYRENE IN POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL. Sulfonated polystyrene (SPS) is polyelectrolyte solid that widely used in many aplications. In this works SPS is applied for some parts of polymer electrolyte fuel cell membrane due sulfonate group available in the structure. The investigation involve the application for membrane with addition of small molecules, i.e. benzimidazole and evaluating its microstructure and performance. Application of SPS solution as binding agent in MEA will also be presented.  The results show that when using SPS as fuel cell membrane, the additon of small molecules such as benzimidazole would modify its microstrusture as well as improve its ion conductivity. Meanwhile, some improvement still required for application of SPS solution as binding agent for preparation of Membrane Electrode Assembly or MEA.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jsmi

Publisher

Subject

Materials Science & Nanotechnology

Description

Jurnal Sains Materi Indonesia (Indonesian Journal of Materials Science), diterbitkan oleh Pusat Teknologi Bahan Industri Nuklir - BATAN. Terbit pertama kali: Oktober 1999, frekuensi terbit: empat ...