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@ARTICLE{Auffarth:1008906,
author = {Auffarth, Sebastian and Wagner, Maximilian and Krieger,
Anja and Fritsch, Birk and Hager, Linus and Hutzler, Andreas
and Böhm, Thomas and Thiele, Simon and Kerres, Jochen},
title = {{N}anophase-{S}eparated {B}lock-co-{P}olymers {B}ased on
{P}hosphonated {P}entafluorostyrene and {O}ctylstyrene for
{P}roton-{E}xchange {M}embranes},
journal = {ACS materials letters},
volume = {5},
issn = {2639-4979},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {ACS Publications},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-02545},
pages = {2039 - 2046},
year = {2023},
abstract = {Nanophase separation into hydrophobic and hydrophilic
domains in commercial perfluorosulfonic acid polymers
promotes high conductivity by forming proton-conductive
channels within a matrix. To transfer this beneficial phase
separation to phosphonic acid functionalized ionomers, we
combine phosphonated polypentafluorostyrene and flexible
polyoctylstyrene in a di-block-co-polymer. We introduce a
stepwise approach, including mesophase simulations,
synthesis, and spectroscopic imaging. After the required
block lengths were calculated, controlled radical
polymerization led to a narrowly distributed
block-co-polymer. The respective block-co-polymer membrane
outperforms a phosphonated pentafluorostyrene blend
concerning conductivity and water uptake. Stained membrane
cross-sections revealed bicontinuous nanophase separation in
the 13 to 25 nm range in transmission electron microscopy.
The ion-conducting phosphonated polymer block assembled into
an isotropic, three-dimensional gyroidal network across the
membrane. Our stepwise approach is transferable toward other
block-co-polymer systems featuring different monomers or
functional groups. Applying the proposed principles allows
for the prediction of structure-related phase separation
while reducing the amount of synthesis work.},
cin = {IEK-11},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-11-20140314},
pnm = {1232 - Power-based Fuels and Chemicals (POF4-123)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1232},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:001016545300001},
doi = {10.1021/acsmaterialslett.3c00569},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1008906},
}