Synthesis and Characterization of Proton Exchange Membrane for Fuel Cell Technology

Bharadwaj S. Pahune

Abstract

Solid polymer Electrolytes plays important role in the working of fuel cell. Proton conducting electrolyte synthesized using different composition of polyvinyl alcohol and ammonium acetate such as 80:20, and 87.5:12.5 by solution cast technique. Different characterization were carried out such as, Micro-hardness testing, Forier transformation I-R spectrometry(FTIR) Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Differential scanning Calorimetry (DSC), These complexes found thermal stability of up to 2000C