Plasma assisted fabrication of nanofirous membranes for energy applications (Old ID 22343)
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
Development of highly stable proton conductive polymer electrolyte membranes will enable advances in energy conversion systems. This project focuses on developing innovative membranes for fuel cells and vanadium redox battery based on cheap electrospun nanofibrous modified with plasma. Nanofiberousmats containing proton conducting functionalities will be prepared by electrospinning of desired polymers followed by immobilising of ionic groups. Composite membranes with webbed morphologies will be obtained using plasma assisted crosslinking of nanofiberousmats followed by introducing additional polyelectrolyte layers. The adopted fabrication technique will be a versatile strategy for producing low cost and mechanically stable PEMs for numerous electrochemical applications.
Date
01 Oct 2015 - 30 Sep 2016
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
conducting polymer;Charge Transport;nanofibers;Energy Absorbing Materials;Plasma Polymerisation
Funding Body
Innovative Research Universities
Amount
30000
Project Team
Katia Bazaka