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Grafting poly(phenylene oxide) with poly(vinylphosphonic acid) for fuel cell membranes

Ingratta, Mark LU ; Elomaa, Matti and Jannasch, Patric LU orcid (2010) In Polymer Chemistry 1(5). p.739-746
Abstract
Densely phosphonated electrolyte membranes were prepared from poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO) grafted with poly(vinylphosphonic acid) (PVPA) side chains. In the first step, PPO was lithiated in solution at room temperature by adding n-butyllithium to form an anionic macroinitiatior. Next, diethyl vinylphosphonate (DEVP) was anionically polymerized from the lithiated sites at -78 °C. This protocol gave good control over the density of the grafting sites and the copolymer composition. Films of copolymers containing between 35 and 74 wt% poly(diethyl vinylphosphonate) were first cast from solution, and subsequently fully hydrolyzed to produce transparent flexible proton conducting membranes of PPO-graft-PVPA containing up to 6... (More)
Densely phosphonated electrolyte membranes were prepared from poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO) grafted with poly(vinylphosphonic acid) (PVPA) side chains. In the first step, PPO was lithiated in solution at room temperature by adding n-butyllithium to form an anionic macroinitiatior. Next, diethyl vinylphosphonate (DEVP) was anionically polymerized from the lithiated sites at -78 °C. This protocol gave good control over the density of the grafting sites and the copolymer composition. Films of copolymers containing between 35 and 74 wt% poly(diethyl vinylphosphonate) were first cast from solution, and subsequently fully hydrolyzed to produce transparent flexible proton conducting membranes of PPO-graft-PVPA containing up to 6 mmol phosphonic acid groups per gram dry copolymer. Thermogravimetric analysis showed anhydride formation at increasing temperatures above 100 °C with no copolymer degradation occurring until nearly 400 °C under air. Fully hydrated membranes reached proton conductivities above 1 mS/cm at -20 °C and 80 mS/cm at 120 °C. (Less)
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poly(vinylphosphonic acid), anionic graft polymerizations, polyelectrolytes, grafting, poly(phenylene oxide), polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, ionomers
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Polymer Chemistry
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Royal Society of Chemistry
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10.1039/b9py00390h
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  abstract     = {{Densely phosphonated electrolyte membranes were prepared from poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO) grafted with poly(vinylphosphonic acid) (PVPA) side chains. In the first step, PPO was lithiated in solution at room temperature by adding n-butyllithium to form an anionic macroinitiatior. Next, diethyl vinylphosphonate (DEVP) was anionically polymerized from the lithiated sites at -78 °C. This protocol gave good control over the density of the grafting sites and the copolymer composition. Films of copolymers containing between 35 and 74 wt% poly(diethyl vinylphosphonate) were first cast from solution, and subsequently fully hydrolyzed to produce transparent flexible proton conducting membranes of PPO-graft-PVPA containing up to 6 mmol phosphonic acid groups per gram dry copolymer. Thermogravimetric analysis showed anhydride formation at increasing temperatures above 100 °C with no copolymer degradation occurring until nearly 400 °C under air. Fully hydrated membranes reached proton conductivities above 1 mS/cm at -20 °C and 80 mS/cm at 120 °C.}},
  author       = {{Ingratta, Mark and Elomaa, Matti and Jannasch, Patric}},
  issn         = {{1759-9954}},
  keywords     = {{poly(vinylphosphonic acid); anionic graft polymerizations; polyelectrolytes; grafting; poly(phenylene oxide); polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells; ionomers}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{739--746}},
  publisher    = {{Royal Society of Chemistry}},
  series       = {{Polymer Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Grafting poly(phenylene oxide) with poly(vinylphosphonic acid) for fuel cell membranes}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b9py00390h}},
  doi          = {{10.1039/b9py00390h}},
  volume       = {{1}},
  year         = {{2010}},
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