Preparation of polyacrylate/silica membranes for fuel cell application by in situ UV polymerization

  • Mariia Zhyhailo
  • Iryna Yevchuk
  • Mykhaylo Yatsyshyn
  • Sergiy Korniy
  • Oksana Demchyna
  • Rostyslav Musiy
  • Rimantas Raudonis
  • Aleksej Zarkov
  • Aivaras Kareiva
Keywords: organic-inorganic material, proton conductive membrane, sol–gel precursor, acrylic monomer, 3-methacryloxypropyl trimethoxysilane

Abstract

The development of proton conductive polyacrylate membranes based on acrylonitrile, sodium 4-vinylbenzenesulfonate, acrylic acid, ethylene glycol dimethacrylate and hybrid polyacrylate/silica membranes is reported in this article. Polyacrylate membranes were synthesized via UV-initiated copolymerization; for the synthesis of polyacrylate/silica membranes 3-methacryloxypropyl trimethoxysilane-based sol–gel system was introduced into the polymerizing mixture.
Published
2020-10-19
Section
Inorganic Chemistry