Proton conductivity of sulfo-containing polymeric and organic-inorganic materials

Abstract

Fuel cell technology requires the development of new efficient proton conductive membranes. The developed materials must be competitive in cost and synthesized from available raw materials. Therefore, polymeric and organic-inorganic proton conductive membranes are objects of intensive research in recent years.
UV polymerization technology has a great potential for the synthesis of polymeric and organic-inorganic materials, as it has several significant advantages over other synthesis methods, namely, high process speed, low energy consumption, and the absence of solvents, which corresponds to the principles of green chemistry.