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Mechanisms of Ionic Transport in Membranes for Batteries and Fuel Cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

J. Woods Halley ,
Lingling Jia  and
Sean Bowman
J. Woods Halley
Affiliation:
woods@jwhp.spa.umn.edu, University of Minnesota, Physics, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Lingling Jia
Affiliation:
jialingling@gmail.com, University of Minnesota, Physics, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Sean Bowman
Affiliation:
bowma166@umn.edu, University of Minnesota, Physics, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Abstract

Ionic transport in electrolyte membranes limits performance in both battery and fuel cell membranes. The problems have been well known for years, sometimes decades, but empirical progress in solving them has been slow. The focus here is on studies to improve understanding of transport mechanisms, which despite extensive study, remain in dispute in several important cases. For lithium transport in polymer membranes, I will review simulation work by ourselves and others, and contend that the original qualitative picture by Ratner and coworkers is confirmed in many respects by recent work. It means, however, that the fundamental difficulty is that the transport is controlled by torsion forces in the hydrocarbon backbone which are extremely difficult to manipulate experimentally. Turning to possibly promising additives, I review recent work on proton and lithium transport in ionic liquids, on which promising experimental results have been reported. The data, both from simulation and experiment, indicate nontrivial collective effects in the transport properties which need to be sorted out to control these systems. In the case of proton transport, we report results suggesting that high mobilities occur in acid-ionic mixtures with a common anion in mixtures near phase separation.

Keywords

energy storageionic conductorliquid
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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1269: Symposium FF – Polymer Materials and Membranes for Energy Devices , 2010 , 1269-FF03-06
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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