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_id: '63883'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Proton exchange membranes (PEMs) are essential for fuel cells, yet conventional
    materials like Nafion suffer from humidity dependence and limited thermal stability.
    This study introduces sulfonated phenylene-bridged periodic mesoporous organosilicas
    (PMOs) as promising inorganic–organic hybrid PEMs, synthesized via surfactant-templating
    with varying alkyl chain lengths for different mesopore sizes. Post-synthetic
    functionalization involves nitration of phenylene moieties, reduction to amines,
    and ring-opening of propane or butane sultones to graft sulfonic acid groups via
    flexible spacers, achieving homogeneous distribution along pore walls. Post-functionalization
    is confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), revealing preserved 2D hexagonal
    p6mm ordering and phenylene stacking. N2 physisorption shows type IV isotherms
    with reduced pore volumes and pore sizes. 1H NMR is used to quantify functionalization
    degrees. Impedance spectroscopy on pressed pellets demonstrates proton conductivities
    up to 2 × 10−3 S cm−1 at 30 °C and 90% RH, depending on the functionalization
    degree, confirming sulfonic acid-mediated conduction.
article_number: '203'
author:
- first_name: Tobias
  full_name: Wagner, Tobias
  last_name: Wagner
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Tiemann, Michael
  id: '23547'
  last_name: Tiemann
  orcid: 0000-0003-1711-2722
citation:
  ama: Wagner T, Tiemann M. Proton-Conducting Sulfonated Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica.
    <i>Nanomaterials</i>. 2026;16(3). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16030203">10.3390/nano16030203</a>
  apa: Wagner, T., &#38; Tiemann, M. (2026). Proton-Conducting Sulfonated Periodic
    Mesoporous Organosilica. <i>Nanomaterials</i>, <i>16</i>(3), Article 203. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16030203">https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16030203</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Wagner_Tiemann_2026, title={Proton-Conducting Sulfonated Periodic
    Mesoporous Organosilica}, volume={16}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16030203">10.3390/nano16030203</a>},
    number={3203}, journal={Nanomaterials}, publisher={MDPI AG}, author={Wagner, Tobias
    and Tiemann, Michael}, year={2026} }'
  chicago: Wagner, Tobias, and Michael Tiemann. “Proton-Conducting Sulfonated Periodic
    Mesoporous Organosilica.” <i>Nanomaterials</i> 16, no. 3 (2026). <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16030203">https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16030203</a>.
  ieee: 'T. Wagner and M. Tiemann, “Proton-Conducting Sulfonated Periodic Mesoporous
    Organosilica,” <i>Nanomaterials</i>, vol. 16, no. 3, Art. no. 203, 2026, doi:
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16030203">10.3390/nano16030203</a>.'
  mla: Wagner, Tobias, and Michael Tiemann. “Proton-Conducting Sulfonated Periodic
    Mesoporous Organosilica.” <i>Nanomaterials</i>, vol. 16, no. 3, 203, MDPI AG,
    2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16030203">10.3390/nano16030203</a>.
  short: T. Wagner, M. Tiemann, Nanomaterials 16 (2026).
date_created: 2026-02-05T09:46:20Z
date_updated: 2026-02-05T09:48:27Z
department:
- _id: '35'
- _id: '2'
- _id: '307'
doi: 10.3390/nano16030203
intvolume: '        16'
issue: '3'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
oa: '1'
publication: Nanomaterials
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2079-4991
publication_status: published
publisher: MDPI AG
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Proton-Conducting Sulfonated Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica
type: journal_article
user_id: '23547'
volume: 16
year: '2026'
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