Polymer electrolyte membrane for medium and high temperature, preparation method thereof and high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell comprising the same
The present disclosure relates to a polymer electrolyte membrane for medium and high temperature, a preparation method thereof and a high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell including the same, more particularly to a technology of preparing a composite membrane including an inorganic phosphate nanofiber incorporated into a phosphoric acid-doped polybenzimidazole (PBI) polymer membrane by adding an inorganic precursor capable of forming a nanofiber in a phosphoric acid solution when preparing phosphoric acid-doped polybenzimidazole and using the same as a high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane which is thermally stable even at high temperatures of 200-300° C. without degradation of phosphoric acid and has high ion conductivity.
1. A high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane which is thermally stable at high temperatures of 200-300° C. without degradation of phosphoric acid, comprising a composite membrane comprising:
a phosphoric acid-doped polybenzimidazole (PBI) polymer membrane; and
a cerium phosphate nanofiber incorporated into the polymer membrane.
2. A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell, comprising the high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane according to claim 1 .
3. A fuel cell system comprising the membrane electrode assembly according to claim 2 .
4. The fuel cell system according to claim 3 , wherein the fuel cell is a direct liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) fuel cell.
5. The fuel cell system according to claim 4 , wherein the liquid organic hydrogen carrier is one or more selected from: a C 1 -C 3 organic compound comprising methanol (CH 3 OH), dimethyl ether (C 2 H 6 O) and 2-propanol (C 3 H 8 O); a C 4 or higher organic compound comprising N-ethylcarbazole (NEC), biphenyl, diphenylmethane, methylcyclohexane (MCH) and dibenzyltoluene (DBT); and an inorganic compound comprising ammonia (NH 3 ), nitrohydrazine (N 2 H 4 ), hydrazine borane (N 2 H 4 BH 3 ) and ammonia borane (NH 3 BH 3 ).
6. An electrical device comprising the fuel cell system according to claim 4 , wherein the electrical device is one or more selected from an electric vehicle, a hybrid electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, an electric boat, electric train, an aircraft, an unmanned aircraft, an electric power motor, a stationary power generator, a mobile power generator and a power storage device.
7. A method for preparing the composite membrane according to claim 1 , comprising:
(a) mixing a phosphoric acid-doped PBI polymer solution and a precursor solution of a cerium precursor dissolved in phosphoric acid; and
(b) forming the resulting mixture into a membrane.
8. The method for preparing a composite membrane according to claim 7 , wherein the phosphoric acid-doped PBI polymer solution is synthesized by reacting 3,3′-diaminobenzidine, terephthalic acid and polyphosphoric acid at 100-400° C. under inert gas atmosphere and adding phosphoric acid when the reaction solution becomes viscous.
9. The method for preparing a composite membrane according to claim 7 , wherein
the precursor solution is a cerium precursor solution dissolved in phosphoric acid, and,
in the cerium precursor solution dissolved in phosphoric acid, the phosphoric acid and the cerium precursor are mixed weight ratio of 1:0.01-0.09.
10. The method for preparing a composite membrane according to claim 7 , wherein 1-99 wt % of the inorganic precursor is mixed based on the phosphoric acid-doped PBI polymer.
11. The method for preparing a composite membrane according to claim 7 , wherein, the mixing in (a) is performed at 150-300° C.
12. The method for preparing a composite membrane according to claim 7 , wherein, in (b), a composite membrane is formed by casting the mixture of (a) onto a substrate and then hydrolyzing the cast membrane under humidified condition.
13. The method for preparing a composite membrane according to claim 12 , wherein the hydrolysis in (b) is performed at 30-100° C. under relative humidity of 50-100% RH for 10-48 hours.
14. The method for preparing a composite membrane according to claim 7 , wherein
the PBI polymer solution is synthesized by reacting 3,3′-diaminobenzidine, terephthalic acid and polyphosphoric acid at 100-400° C. under inert gas atmosphere and adding phosphoric acid when the reaction solution becomes viscous,
the 3,3′-diaminobenzidine, the terephthalic acid, the polyphosphoric acid and the phosphoric acid are mixed at a weight ratio of 1:0.4-1:35-50:10-20,
the inert gas is argon gas,
the reaction is conducted by (i) stirring for 10-30 hours at a first heat-treating temperature of 100-190° C. and (ii) stirring for 20-100 minutes at a second heat-treating temperature of 195-300° C.,
the precursor solution is a cerium precursor solution dissolved in phosphoric acid,
in the cerium precursor solution dissolved in phosphoric acid, the phosphoric acid and the cerium precursor are mixed at a weight ratio of 1:0.01-0.09,
the cerium precursor is cerium sulfate tetrahydrate,
the cerium precursor is mixed in an amount of 10-90 wt % based on the PBI,
(a) is performed by mixing at 150-300° C.,
in (b), a composite membrane is formed by casting the mixture of (a) onto a substrate and then hydrolyzing the cast membrane under humidified condition, and
the hydrolysis in (b) is performed at 30-100° C. under relative humidity of 50-100% RH for 10-48 hours.