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Development of Chitosan Membranes as a Potential PEMFC Electrolyte

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Commercial chitosan and chitosan extracted from shrimp shells are being used to design membranes to be tested as low cost electrolyte in PEM fuel cells. This study investigated the influence of the deacetylation degree (DD) and molar mass (M V ) of the chitosans used in the composition of membranes on its performance regarding to proton conductivity and other properties. Preliminary results indicate that the chitosan extracted from shrimp shells generated membranes with promising properties such as proton conductivity, which demonstrated to be even a 100 times higher than those shown by commercial chitosan membranes. The significant increase in proton conductivity can be associated with the higher number and availability of amino groups (–NH2) in the chitosan produced in the laboratory, which presents higher DD and lower M V . It is believed that the properties of chitosan can be manipulated in such a way that it would be possible to obtain proton conductivity values closer to that presented by Nafion®.

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge PTI Foundation (Brazil) for the financial support and for the granting scholarships (Notice 058/2014 N. 014/2014). We also gratefully Mr. Valdecir Antônio Paganin from University of São Paulo (USP/IQSC) for providing the structure and equipment for the research development.

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  1. Laboratory of Catalysis and Biofuel Production (LabCatProBio), Postgraduate Program in Bioenergy - Federal University of Paraná (UFPR - Setor Palotina), R. Pioneiro, 2153, Jardim Dallas, Palotina, PR, 85950-000, Brazil

    Karine N. Lupatini, Jéssica V. Schaffer, Bruna Machado, Eliane S. Silva, Luciana S. N. Ellendersen, Graciela I. B. Muniz, Ricardo J. Ferracin & Helton J. Alves

  2. Postgraduation Program in Engineering of Energy in Agriculture, Western Paraná State University, Cascavel, PR, Brazil

    Karine N. Lupatini & Helton J. Alves

  3. Itaipu Technological Park (PTI), Itaipu Binational, Foz do Iguacu, PR, Brazil

    Ricardo J. Ferracin

  4. R. Dr. João Gonçalves Padilha, 811, Centro, Pitanga, PR, 85200-000, Brazil

    Karine N. Lupatini

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Lupatini, K.N., Schaffer, J.V., Machado, B. et al. Development of Chitosan Membranes as a Potential PEMFC Electrolyte. J Polym Environ 26, 2964–2972 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-017-1146-7

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