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NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTROLYTE
MEMBRANES BASED ON POLYMER / IONIC LIQUIDS / ZEOLITE
COMPOSITES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE PEMFCs
BASIC DATA:
•Acronym: ZEOCELL.
•Full title: Nanostructured Electrolyte Membranes Based on Polymer / Ionic Liquids /
Zeolite Composites For High Temperature PEM Fuel Cells.
• Collaborative project for small or medium scale focused research.
• Cooperation Theme 5: ENERGY.
• Energy Topic 2007.1.1.1: Basic research for materials and processes for PEMFC’s.
• Grant Agreement nº: 209481.
• Starting date: 1st January 2008.
• Duration: 36 months.
• Maximum Community financial contribution: € 1,917,401.00.
• Project Coordinator: The Institutute of Nanoscience of Aragon – Dr. Jesús Santamaría (
• Web page: http://ina.unizar.es/zeocell.
ZEOCELL stands for: “NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES BASED ON POLYMER / IONIC LIQUIDS / ZEOLITE COMPOSITES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE PEMFCs”.
CONTEXT:
Worldwide demand for energy is growing at an alarming rate and the main energy providers, fossil fuels, present important problems like: pollution gases, decrease of reserves of oil, policy and environmental regulation and high prices. Facing this situation at European level several policy measures have been defined: EU Kyoto Commitments: 8% CO2 reduction by 2008, Improving Energy Efficiency (Target: 18% from 1995 to 2010), Increasing the Share of Cogeneration. (Target: 12% of EU- 15 electricity by 2010) and Doubling the Share of Renewable Energies. In order to achieve these objectives, new energy providers is necessary. Hydrogen and Fuel Cells are seen by many as key solutions for the 21st century, enabling clean efficient production of power and heat from a range of primary energy sources.
The PEMFC technology represents one of the most promising opportunities in the field of the alternative fuels for an environmentally friendly energy production. However, for these fuel cells to become commercially successful there are a number of challenges to be met. One of keys of success of PEMFC technology is the development of improved and mass manufacturable electrolyte membrane materials that can operate at a temperature range of 130-200ºC since it has been proved that, operating at T>120ºC can overcome most of the functional problems currently associated with PEMFCs.
The use of composite or heterogeneous materials is a clear research path for the development of improved electrolyte membrane materials. Some material combinations, such as polymer-ionic liquid composites or polymer-zeolite composites, have already been investigated as potential candidates for PEMFC electrolyte membranes.
OBJECTIVES:
ZEOCELL project will develop a nanostructured electrolyte membrane based on a new composite multifunctional material made by the synergic combination of zeolites, ionic liquids and polymers that is proposed for the first time within the framework of this project. This innovative membrane will be able to operate at 130-200ºC in high temperature PEMFCs and will show the following features:
High ionic conductivity: ≥100 mS/cm at 150ºC. Suitability for operating at temperatures between 130-200ºC (the membrane materials are conceived to be thermically stable up to 200ºC. Membrane performance will be validated on single cells at temperatures up to 150ºC minimum).Good chemical, mechanical and thermal stability up to 200ºC.Durable (<1% of performance degradation during the first 1000 hours working). Low fuel cross-over (<five times lower than Nafion methanol permeability ≤ 3x10-7 cm2 s-1)Reduced manufacturing costs (< 400 EUR/m2).
WP2WP2- DEVELOPMENT OF POLYMER/IONIC LIQUID SYSTEMS STABLE UP TO 200ºC WITH HIGH CONDUCTION PERFORMANCE (CIDETEC)
WP5WP5- CHARACTERIZATION EXPERIMENTS AND MODELLING OF CONDUCTION PERFORMANCE (FORTH-ICE/HT)
WP4WP4- DEVELOPMENT OF THE NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE BASED ON ZEOLITES, IONIC LIQUIDS AND 2D NANOPOROUS POLYMER STRUCTURES (INA)
WP6WP6- VALIDATION OF THE MEMBRANE ON H2-PEMFC AND DMFC (CIDETEC)
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WP3WP3- SYNTHESIS OF ZEOLITIC LAYERS OVER POLYMER SUBSTRATES (FORTH-ICE/HT)
WP1WP1- SYNTHESIS OF ZEOLITIC MATERIALS ABLE TO PREVENT IONIC LIQUID LEAKAGE AND FUEL CROSS OVER (INA)
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WP2WP2- DEVELOPMENT OF POLYMER/IONIC LIQUID SYSTEMS STABLE UP TO 200ºC WITH HIGH CONDUCTION PERFORMANCE (CIDETEC)
WP5WP5- CHARACTERIZATION EXPERIMENTS AND MODELLING OF CONDUCTION PERFORMANCE (FORTH-ICE/HT)
WP4WP4- DEVELOPMENT OF THE NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE BASED ON ZEOLITES, IONIC LIQUIDS AND 2D NANOPOROUS POLYMER STRUCTURES (INA)
WP6WP6- VALIDATION OF THE MEMBRANE ON H2-PEMFC AND DMFC (CIDETEC)
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WP3WP3- SYNTHESIS OF ZEOLITIC LAYERS OVER POLYMER SUBSTRATES (FORTH-ICE/HT)
WP1WP1- SYNTHESIS OF ZEOLITIC MATERIALS ABLE TO PREVENT IONIC LIQUID LEAKAGE AND FUEL CROSS OVER (INA)
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January 08
December 2010
WORK
PLAN
http://ina.unizar.es
http://www.iceht.forth.grhttp://www.cidetec.es
http://www.crf.it
http://www.solvionic.com
http://www.cegasa.comhttp://www.utwente.nl
Low pore zeolite based
membrane
INA
Nanostructured materials
Electrocatalytic activation of
zeolites
Project management
Low pore zeolites
Ionic liquids: development,
preparation and characterization
PBI/PEEK
PBI/PEEK-IL SYSTEMS
PEI, PSU, PPSPolications PIL
Conduction Modelling
EXPERTISEEXPERTISE
ROLE IN THE PROJECTROLE IN THE PROJECT
Polymer electrolyte
membranes
MEAs
Fuel Cells
CIDETEC
Ionic liquids
SOLVIONIC
Large pore zeolites
Large pore zeolite based membrane
Validation on H2-PEMFC and DMFC
single cells
Zeolite membranes
UTWENTE
PBI / PEEK Polymers
FORTH-ICE/HT
Preparation of nanocomposite
materials
Modelling
CR FIAT
Technologies on materials fabrication
Power generation for road transport
2D ordered polymer matrix
2D random polymer matrix
New Business line activity in
Fuel Cells specially for portable and residential
applications
CEGASA
Analysis of the Scaling Up to
Mass Manufacturing
Dissemination and
Exploitation
Low pore zeolite based
membrane
INA
Nanostructured materials
Electrocatalytic activation of
zeolites
Project management
Low pore zeolites
Ionic liquids: development,
preparation and characterization
PBI/PEEK
PBI/PEEK-IL SYSTEMS
PEI, PSU, PPSPolications PIL
Conduction Modelling
EXPERTISEEXPERTISE
ROLE IN THE PROJECTROLE IN THE PROJECT
Polymer electrolyte
membranes
MEAs
Fuel Cells
CIDETEC
Ionic liquids
SOLVIONIC
Large pore zeolites
Large pore zeolite based membrane
Validation on H2-PEMFC and DMFC
single cells
Zeolite membranes
UTWENTE
PBI / PEEK Polymers
FORTH-ICE/HT
Preparation of nanocomposite
materials
Modelling
FORTH-ICE/HT
Preparation of nanocomposite
materials
Modelling
CR FIAT
Technologies on materials fabrication
Power generation for road transport
CR FIAT
Technologies on materials fabrication
Power generation for road transport
2D ordered polymer matrix
2D random polymer matrix
New Business line activity in
Fuel Cells specially for portable and residential
applications
CEGASA
Analysis of the Scaling Up to
Mass Manufacturing
Dissemination and
Exploitation
