An advanced organic-inorganic polymer composite membranes are synthesized to enhance chemical stability for the application of unitized regenerative fuel cells (URFCs). In order to improve chemical stability of polymer membrane, organic polymer is composed with inorganic materials for long-term operation of URFC. By addition of inorganic polymer, chemical stability of polymer membrane has highly increased. However, higher concentration of inorganic particles may lead to brittleness in polymer membrane. Therefore, the optimization of inorganic materials in polymer membrane is a crucial for the preparation of polymer membrane with high chemical stability in URFC.

An advanced organic-inorganic composite membrane is investigated to enhance mechanical and chemical stability of membrane for vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB). In order to improve chemical and mechanical stability of membrane, organic polymer is composed with inorganic material for VRFB. The inorganic material can be used as anti-oxidant for improving membrane chemical stability during long-term operation of VRFB. However, higher concentration of inorganic particles increased the hydrophobicity which may make membranes brittle. Therefore, the optimization of inorganic materials in polymer membrane is carried out for the application VRFB.

In this article, poly methyl triethoxy silane was compounded with an inorganic waterproof admixture at a certain ratio to improve the performance of gypsum products; a new type of high-efficiency compound water-proofing additive was also investigated. Furthermore, the waterproof mechanism and the various properties on the hardened gypsum plaster were investigated in detail by XRD and SEM. The results show that the intenerate coefficient of gypsum plaster increased to more than 0.9; the water absorbing rate decreased to less than 10 %. Both the bending strength and the compressive strength of gypsum plaster increased by various degrees. The intenerate coefficient reached a maximum value of 0.73 and the strength of the samples showed almost no change when 5 % cement alone was added. In this new type of the high-efficiency compound with waterproof additive, the optimal technological parameters for formulas were obtained to be: 5 % cement, 18 % mineral powder, and 0.8 % poly methyl triethoxy silane, to compound gypsum plaster. Meanwhile, the production of high performance gypsum as a building material has become possible.

PTMSP에 20 wt% PMMH dendrimer와 10, 20, 30, 40 wt% NaY zeolite를 가하여 PTMSP-PMMH-NaY zeolite 복합막을 제조하였다. 복합막의 물리화학적 특성을 FT-IR, TGA, SEM을 사용하여 조사하였고, H2와 N2 기체에 대한 투과도와 선택도 성질을 고찰하였다. PTMSP-PMMH-NaY zeolite 복합막의 투과도는 zeolite 함량이 증가함에 따라 증가하였고, 수소와 질소의 투과도는 각각 3,950~592,000 barrer와 1,550~143,000 barrer를 보였다. 질소에 대한 수소의 선택도는 0~30 wt%에서는 뚜렷한 차이가 나타나지 않았고, 30~40 wt%에서는 2.2~4.2 범위로 증가하는 경향을 보였다.

연료전지는 석유엔진과 비교하여 높은 전류밀도와 효율성, 그리고 친환경적이기 때문에 21세기 들어 대체 발전시스템으로서 각광받아왔다. 연료전지 시스템에서 고분자 전해질 막은 핵심부품으로써 현재 Nafion막이 연료전지시스템에서 사용 중이지만 높은 제조단가와 고온에서 낮은 전도도를 가지는 단점을 가지고 있다. 그러므로 많은 학자들이 낮은 제조단가, 높은 물리적 특성들을 달성하기 위한 연구를 진행하여 왔으며 연료전지의 상용화와 동시에 고성능의 연료전지의 개발을 위하여 많은 방법들이 개발되어 왔다. 그중, 유무기 복합막은 유기물과 무기물의 물성을 균일하게 조합할 수 있으므로 잠재성을 가지고 있는 제조방법이다. 본고에서는 다양한 무기물이 사용되어 제조된 유무기 복합막의 연구동향에 대하여 조사하였다.

염료감응형 태양전지에 사용되기 위한 유기/무기 복합소재를 합성하였다. 다양한 분자량(400, 600, 1,500, 3,400)의 polyethylene glycol의 양 끝단을 ethoxysilane기로 치환하여 전구체를 제조하였으며, 전구체의 졸-겔 반응을 통하여 복합소재를 합성하였다. 전해질막은 유기/무기 복합소재를 NaI 및 I2로 도핑하여 제조하였으며, 제조한 전해질막의 이온전도 특성을 측정하였다. 전해질막의 이온전도도는 원료로 사용한 PEG에 크게 영향을 받았으며 가장 높은 이온전도도는 분자량 1,500의 PEG를 원료로 사용한 전해질 막에서 볼 수 있었다. 복합전해질막은 전도도에 있어서 큰 향상을 보였다. PEO 전해질막에 비하여 분자량 1,500의 PEC로 제조한 복합전해질막은 월등하게 높은 이온전도도를 보였다.

Branched sulfonated poly(ether sulfone-ketone) copolymer was prepared with bisphenol A, 4,4-difluorobenzophenone, sulfonated chlorophenyl sulfone (40mole% of bisphenol A) and THPE (1,1,1-tris-p-hydroxyphenylethane). THPE was used 0.4 mol% of bisphenol A to synthesize branched copolymers. Organic-inorganic nano composite membranes were prepared with copolymer and a series of nanoparticles (20 nm, 4, 7 and 10 wt%). The composite membranes were cast from dimethylsulfoxide solutions. The films were converted from the salt to acid forms with dilute hydrochloric acid. The membranes were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Sorption experiments were conducted to observe the interaction of sulfonated polymers with water and methanol. Branched copolymer and nano composite membranes exhibit proton conductivities from to , water uptake from 52.9 to 62.4%, IEC from 0.81 to 1.21 meq/g and methanol diffusion coefficients from to .

Novel bisphenol-based wholly aromatic poly(ether sulfone-ketone) copolymer containing pendant sulfonate groups were prepared by direct aromatic nucleophilic substitution polycondensation of 4,4-difluorobenzophenone, 2,2'-disodiumsulfonyl-4,4'-fluorophenylsulfone (40mole% of bisphenol A) and bisphenol A. Polymerization proceeded quantitatively to high molecular weight in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone at . Organic-inorganic composite membranes were obtained by mixing organic polymers with hydrophilic (ca. 20nm) obtained by sol-gel process. The polymer and a series of composite membranes were studied by FT-IR, , differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermal stability. The proton conductivity as a function of temperature decreased as content increased, but methanol permeability decreased. The nano composite membranes were found to posse all requisite properties; Ion exchange capacity (1.2meq./g), glass transition temperatures , and low affinity towards methanol .