506936 Cross-linked Highly Sulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone) Prepared by Thiol-ene Reaction for Fuel Cell Application

Jusung Han, Kihyun Kim, Junghwan Kim, Eunki Kim, Saerom Kong and Jongchan Lee, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)

End group capped highly sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) (SPAES) was cross-linked by
thiol-ene click reaction with allyl polysulfone (APSf). The end group cross-linking effects such
as chemical and mechanical properties and proton conductivity of cross-linked SPAES (CSPAES)
membranes were investigated by changing the contents of polymeric cross-linker,
APSf. The C-SPAES membranes exhibited remarkably enhanced chemical and mechanical
properties compared with pristine SPAES. Moreover, while the proton conductivity of pristine
SPAES membrane couldn’t be measured due to the low stability, C-SPAES membranes showed
high proton conductivities in various humidity condition (up to 190.6 mS/cm2 in 100 %RH).

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