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Title: | High Pressure NMR Study of Water Self-Diffusion in NAFION-117 Membrane |
Authors: | Jayakody, J.R.P. Stallworth, P.E. Mananga, E.S. Farrington-Zapata, J. Greenbaum, S.G. |
Keywords: | Water Self-Diffusion in NAFION |
Issue Date: | 2004 |
Publisher: | Journal of Physical Chemistry B |
Abstract: | Measurements of the self-diffusion coefficient of water in NAFION-117 as a function of pressure have been carried out. The natural field gradient of a 7.3 T superconducting magnet was used for the diffusion measurement. The measurements were carried out at 288 K and variable pressure up to 0.25 GPa. The high-pressure diffusion data were obtained for four different water contents between 6.6 and 22 wt %. The calculated activation volume decreased from 13.2 to 2.7 cm3/mol as the water content increased from 6.6 to 22 wt %. These results agree with previously published activation volumes extracted from electric conductivity and NMR T1 measurements. It is suggested that segmental motions within the polymer play a significant role in the transport mechanism for low water content membranes, and that the transport mechanism for high water content membranes is similar to that in liquid bulk water. |
URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3959 |
ISSN: | 1520-6106(Print ), 1520-5207(Online) |
Appears in Collections: | Physics |
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