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Article

Polydopamine Coated CeO2 as Radical Scavenger Filler for Aquivion Membranes with High Proton Conductivity

by
Roberto D’Amato
1,†,
Anna Donnadio
2,3,*,
Chiara Battocchio
4,
Paola Sassi
1,
Monica Pica
2,3,
Alessandra Carbone
5,
Irene Gatto
5 and
Mario Casciola
1,3
1
Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnologies, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
2
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, via del Liceo 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy
3
CEMIN, Materiali Innovativi Nanostrutturali per Applicazioni Chimica Fisiche e Biomediche, University of Perugia, via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy
4
Department of Sciences, University of Roma Tre, via della Vasca Navale 79, 00146 Rome, Italy
5
CNR ITAE, via S. Lucia Sopra Contesse, 5, 98126 Messina, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Present address: International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal.
Materials 2021, 14(18), 5280; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185280
Submission received: 26 August 2021 / Revised: 10 September 2021 / Accepted: 10 September 2021 / Published: 14 September 2021
(This article belongs to the Topic Applications of Nanomaterials in Energy Systems)
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CeO2 nanoparticles were coated with polydopamine (PDA) by dopamine polymerization in water dispersions of CeO2 and characterized by Infrared and Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Thermogravimetric analysis and X-ray diffraction. The resulting materials (PDAx@CeO2, with x = PDA wt% = 10, 25, 50) were employed as fillers of composite proton exchange membranes with Aquivion 830 as ionomer, to reduce the ionomer chemical degradation due to hydroxyl and hydroperoxyl radicals. Membranes, loaded with 3 and 5 wt% PDAx@CeO2, were prepared by solution casting and characterized by conductivity measurements at 80 and 110 °C, with relative humidity ranging from 50 to 90%, by accelerated ex situ degradation tests with the Fenton reagent, as well as by in situ open circuit voltage stress tests. In comparison with bare CeO2, the PDA coated filler mitigates the conductivity drop occurring at increasing CeO2 loading especially at 110 °C and 50% relative humidity but does not alter the radical scavenger efficiency of bare CeO2 for loadings up to 4 wt%. Fluoride emission rate data arising from the composite membrane degradation are in agreement with the corresponding changes in membrane mass and conductivity.
Keywords: cerium oxide; polydopamine; radical scavenger; proton conductivity; chemical degradation cerium oxide; polydopamine; radical scavenger; proton conductivity; chemical degradation
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D’Amato, R.; Donnadio, A.; Battocchio, C.; Sassi, P.; Pica, M.; Carbone, A.; Gatto, I.; Casciola, M. Polydopamine Coated CeO2 as Radical Scavenger Filler for Aquivion Membranes with High Proton Conductivity. Materials 2021, 14, 5280. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185280

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D’Amato R, Donnadio A, Battocchio C, Sassi P, Pica M, Carbone A, Gatto I, Casciola M. Polydopamine Coated CeO2 as Radical Scavenger Filler for Aquivion Membranes with High Proton Conductivity. Materials. 2021; 14(18):5280. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185280

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D’Amato, Roberto, Anna Donnadio, Chiara Battocchio, Paola Sassi, Monica Pica, Alessandra Carbone, Irene Gatto, and Mario Casciola. 2021. "Polydopamine Coated CeO2 as Radical Scavenger Filler for Aquivion Membranes with High Proton Conductivity" Materials 14, no. 18: 5280. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185280

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D’Amato, R., Donnadio, A., Battocchio, C., Sassi, P., Pica, M., Carbone, A., Gatto, I., & Casciola, M. (2021). Polydopamine Coated CeO2 as Radical Scavenger Filler for Aquivion Membranes with High Proton Conductivity. Materials, 14(18), 5280. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185280

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