ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYBRID ORGANIC/INORGANIC MATERIALS AS COMPONENTS OF FUEL CELLS AND SUPERCAPACITORS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

Entity: 
CICYT
Type: 
Spanish R+D plan
Leader: 
Dr. Morales Bergas, Enrique.
ICTP Personal: 
Dr. Acosta Luque, José Luis; Dr. Morales Bergas, Enrique; Dra. del Río Bueno, Carmen; Sra. Ojeda García, Mª del Carmen.
Start: 
1 December 2007
End: 
30 November 2010
Summary: 

The final objective of the project is the synthesis, using a novel procedure, and characterization of hybrid organic/inorganic materials, to be used as proton conducting membranes in fuel cells (PEMFC and DMFC) and as active electrode materials in electrochemical supercapacitors. In the first approximation, the hybrid membrane was based on a elastomeric type polymer, having groups capable to be sulfonated via chemical treatment, incorporating an inorganic material, such as sepiolite, also capable of allowing the transport of protons resulting from a previous surface treatment. In the second option, carbon/B-conjugated electronically conducting polymer hybrids will be synthesized by absorption of monomers in the gas phase onto the surface of carbons of different morphology (nanotubes, micro and mesoporous) followed by polymerization, in order to get supercapacitors where energy storage mechanism was the result of both faradaic and double-layer processes. A laboratory-scale prototype, of the type fuel cell (3-4 units) in series with a supercapacitor will be built, based on materials chosen with the basis of the electrical and electrochemical characterization.

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Código: ENE2007-62791