Fabrication of new fullerene composite membranes and their application in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Computational synthesis of C60 cyano- and azopolyderivatives

“…The cyano and hydrocyano C 60 fullerenes that were first synthesized by Wudl et al [4,5] have attracted a great deal of attention as components of proton exchange membrane fuel cells [6,7] due to their high proton conductivity. Those authors elaborated a multistep route for producing polyhydrocyanofullerenes from C 60 up to C 60 H(CN) 5 that can be evidently expanded to produce higher members of the family according to the following series ("Series 1"):…”

Effects of fullerene on lipid bilayers displaying different liquid ordering: a coarse-grained molecular dynamics study

“…Applications of C 60 and its derivatives range from material science [8] to nanomedicine, in this latter context acting such as Xray contrast agents [9], antioxidant drugs for neurodegenerative diseases [10], inhibitors of the allergic response [11] and targets for bone tissue [12]. Despite the large variety of uses of fullerene and its increasing worldwide production [13,14] little is known about possible biological negative effects.…”

Sulfonated fullerene in SPEEK matrix and its impact on the membrane electrolyte properties in direct methanol fuel cells

“…Hengbin Wang et.al explored the composite membranes using functionalized fullerene as an additive in Nafion matrix and studied their effect on ionic conductivity. However functionalization routes followed were complex and real fuel cell polarization studies were not undertaken for these membranes [34]. Saga et al also developed sulfonated polystyrene-fullerene based composite membranes and observed improved oxidation resistance and reduced methanol crossover in DMFCs [35].…”