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. 2019 Jul 11;9(7):83. doi: 10.3390/membranes9070083

Table 2.

Comparison of proton conductivities of Nafion-based composite membranes and their PEMFC performance.

Membrane Conductivity/Activation Energy Temperature (°C) RH (%) Maximum Power Density in PEMFC Ref.
Nafion/12 wt.%Phytic@MIL101 228 mS/cm and 15.14 kJ/mol 80 100 Not reported [54]
Nafion/10 wt.% SAFHSS 100 mS/cm 100 100 Not reported [45]
Nafion/4 wt.% GO 170 mS/cm and 12.98 kJ/mol 80 100 100 °C and RH = 25%
212 mW/cm2
[76]
Nafion/0.05 wt.%s-SWCNTs 15.5 mS/cm 100 100 65 °C
650 mW/cm2
[77]
Nafion/5 wt.% sPPSQ 157 mS/cm 120 100 Not reported [46]
Recast Nafion/20 wt.% ZrSPP 50 mS/cm 110 98 100 °C
700 mA/cm2 @0.4 V *
[78]
Nafion/15 wt.% Analcime 437.3 mS/cm 80 100 Not reported [79]
Nafion/1 wt.% ZIF-8@GO 280 mS/cm and 13.2 kJ/mol 120 40 Not reported [66]
Nafion-0.6/UiO-66-NH2 + UiO-66-SO3H 256 mS/cm 90 95 Not reported [80]
Nafion-0.6/GO@UiO-66-NH2 303 mS/cm 90 95 Not reported [68]
Nafion/3 wt.% CPO-27(Mg) 11 mS/cm 50 99.9 50 °C and RH = 100% [67]
818 mW/cm2
80 °C and RH = 100%
591 mW/cm2
Nafion/1 wt.% SZM 2.96 mS/cm 80 35 80 °C and RH = 35% [61]
550 mA/cm2 @0.3 V
Nafion/1 wt.% F-GO 17 mS/cm 70 20 70 °C and RH = 20% [81]
300 mW/cm2
Nafion/3 wt.% Fe3O4-SGO 11.62 mS/cm and 21.41 kJ/mol 120 20 120 °C and RH = 25% 258.82 mW/cm2 [82]
Recast Nafion/14.3 wt.% SiO2-PWA 26.7 mS/cm and 11.2 kJ/mol 110 70 110 °C and RH = 70% [70]
540 mA/cm2 @0.4 V *
meso-Nafion/ 19 wt.% H3PW12O40 72 mS/cm 80 40 80 °C and RH = 50% [83]
541 mW/cm2

* Power density not reported, but we give the current density at the respective applied voltage.