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Table 1 Alternative polymer membranes used in fuel cell

From: Recent advances in application of chitosan in fuel cells

Alternative polymer membranes

References

Alternative polymer membranes

References

The depositing of thin plasma polymerized barrier films on Nafion® membrane

[53]

sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK)

[54]

Nafion®/silicon oxide

[55]

Poly methyl methacrylate (MAA)

[4]

Nafion®/Pd

[56]

PVA

[4]

Nafion/Pd-Ag alloy

[57]

Poly vinyl sulfonic acid (PVS)

[4]

plasma-etched membrane,

[58]

Sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) (BPSH)

[59]

Pd-sputtered membrane,

plasma etched and Pd-sputtered membrane

Nafion® with montmorillonite (MMT) and MMT containing dodecylamine (m-MMT) membranes

[60]

Poly p-Styrene carboxylic (SCA)

[4]

Nafion®/polypyrrole

[61]

Dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA)

[4]

Nafion®/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)

[62]

Polyphosphazene (PPh)

[63, 64]

Nafion®/phosphotungstic acid-impregnated silicon dioxide (SiO2/PWA),

[65, 66]

Polybenzimidazole (PBI)

[67, 68]

Nafion®/SiO2,

Nafion®/alumina (b-Al2O3)

Nafion®/zirconium phosphate (ZrP)

[69]

Sulfonated poly(phthalazinone ether ketone) (SPPEK)

[70]

α,β,β-trifluorostyrene (TFS)

[71]

PVA/PWA

[72]

TFS/styrene

[73]

PVA/PWA and silica

[74]

TFS/vinyl fluoro monomers

[75]

SPEEK/Synthetic non-spherical silicates

[76]

polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)

[77]

SPEEK/Zirconia (ZrO2)

[78]

Poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG)

[4]

PVA/Polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSSA)

[79]

Poly (ethylene-alt tetrafluoroethylene) (ETFE)

[77]

PBI/Sulfonated polysulfone (SPf)

[80]

Sulfonated polyimides (SPI)

[81]

Polysulfone (PSf)/PEG

[82]