Synthesis of Medium-temperature Protonic Conductor CsHSO4-Al2O3
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In this study, different methods are used to synthesize novel medium-temperature protonic conductors from CsHSO4 and mesoporous Al2O3. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, and nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms are performed to investigate the structures and properties of CsHSO4-Al2O3 conductors. Results show that the proton conductivities of the prepared CsHSO4-Al2O3 conductors increase as temperature increases from 100 °C to 200 °C. The optimum method involves mixing the equimolar CsHSO4 and Al2O3 with 5 ml ethanol and subsequently ball milling at a rotating speed of 200 rpm for 2 h. The highest proton conductivity obtained in this study is 1.06×10-6 S·cm–1 at 200 °C.
Composite; Proton conductivity; Proton carrier
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