Preparation of polyetherimide membranes for fuel cells

• Grant number: 12/13170-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): August 01, 2012
• Effective date (End): July 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Nonmetallic Materials
• Principal Investigator: Luiz Antonio Pessan
• Grantee: Fernando Neves Simões Monteiro
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The main objective of this work is to prepare polyetherimide membranes for fuel cells applications. The polyetherimide will be chemically modified by sulfonation and the final membranes will consist of blends of neat polyetherimide and modified polyetherimide. (AU)