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Assessment of Dye-Absorbed Eggshell Membrane Composites as Solid Polymer Electrolyte of Fuel Cells.

ABSTRACT: Recently, polymer electrolytes have been developed for high-performance and eco-friendly fuel cells. Among the candidates, eggshell membrane (ESM) has been promising because of its abundance to assemble various energy devices with low cost and its absorption ability of organic materials. In this work, we investigated fuel cells that included ESM-absorbing xanthene-, triphenylmethane-, and azo-type tar dye, which contained abundant hydrophilic groups, as polymer electrolytes. We found out two points: (1) that the fuel cells that included ESM-absorbing xanthene-type dye generated the highest I-V performance, and (2) the basic molecular structures of the tar dyes determined the correlation of the maximum power and proton conductivities.

SUBMITTER: Tanifuji N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9866477 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Assessment of Dye-Absorbed Eggshell Membrane Composites as Solid Polymer Electrolyte of Fuel Cells.

Tanifuji Naoki N Shimizu Takeshi T Ida Kentaro K Nishio Kosuke K Tanaka Miki M Tsukaguchi Yuta Y Tsubouchi Kentaro K Shimizu Akihiro A Hino Ei-Ichi EI Date Yusuke Y Aoki Kaoru K Yoshikawa Hirofumi H

Membranes 20230116 1

Recently, polymer electrolytes have been developed for high-performance and eco-friendly fuel cells. Among the candidates, eggshell membrane (ESM) has been promising because of its abundance to assemble various energy devices with low cost and its absorption ability of organic materials. In this work, we investigated fuel cells that included ESM-absorbing xanthene-, triphenylmethane-, and azo-type tar dye, which contained abundant hydrophilic groups, as polymer electrolytes. We found out two poi ...[more]

PMID: 36676922

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Assessment of Dye-Absorbed Eggshell Membrane Composites as Solid Polymer Electrolyte of Fuel Cells.

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