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Sulfonated graphene oxide for proton exchange membranes with significantly enhanced proton conductivity

  • Carbon Letters
  • Abbr : Carbon Lett.
  • 2025, 35(4), pp.1731~1740
  • DOI : 10.1007/s42823-025-00898-3
  • Publisher : Korean Carbon Society
  • Research Area : Natural Science > Natural Science General > Other Natural Sciences General
  • Received : December 10, 2024
  • Accepted : March 17, 2025
  • Published : December 11, 2025

Lin Shuyan 1 Wang Yongxiang 1 Dong Xiaokun 1 Cui Yongwen 2 Dou Hongxing 2 Niu Zhong 2 Wang Li 3 Gao Jiangshan 4 He Yan 1

1Qingdao University of Science and Technology
2Shandong Dongyue Future Hydrogen Energy Materials Co., Ltd
3Shandong Key Laboratory of Hydrogen Energy Advanced Materials & Technology
4College of Electromechanical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology

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ABSTRACT

To improve the proton conductivity of the proton exchange membranes (PEM), an amino derivative with sulfonic acid groups was used to modify graphene oxide (GO), resulting in sulfonated graphene oxide (S-GO), which was then incorporated into a perfluorinated sulfonic acid (PFSA) matrix to fabricate a PFSA/S-GO composite membranes. Elevating the doping concentration of S-GO within the composite membrane has resulted in enhanced proton conductivity, outperforming the baseline PFSA membrane across a range of temperatures. Notably, this conductivity ascended to 291.89 mS/cm when measured at 80 °C under conditions of 100% RH. Furthermore, the strong interface interaction between sulfonated graphene oxide and perfluorinated sulfonic acid polymer endowed the composite proton exchange membrane with excellent thermal stability and mechanical strength.

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