Resumen: This article describes for the first time the preparation of conducting track-etched PBI membranes 25 mm thick with pore diameter values varying from 15 nm to 50 nm and overall porosity up to 10%. The TGA, DSC and FTIR characterization results for the so obtained nanoporous membranes reveal the chemical modification of PBI upon irradiation along the track walls. A clear conduction outperforming is shown by phosphoric acid doped track-etched PBI in comparison with dense PBI counterparts. This behavior could be explained by the effective contribution of additional pathways for proton transport involving shorter benzimidazole fragments, cross-linked PBI nanodomains and free amphoteric phosphoric acid molecules settled on the pore walls. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.12.006 Año: 2014 Publicado en: JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE 454 (2014), 243-252 ISSN: 0376-7388 Factor impacto JCR: 5.056 (2014) Categ. JCR: POLYMER SCIENCE rank: 7 / 82 = 0.085 (2014) - Q1 - T1 Categ. JCR: ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL rank: 7 / 135 = 0.052 (2014) - Q1 - T1 Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/209481/EU/NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES BASED ON POLYMER-IONIC LIQUIDS-ZEOLITE COMPOSITES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE PEM FUEL CELL/ZEOCELL Tipo y forma: Article (PostPrint) Área (Departamento): Área Ingeniería Química (Dpto. Ing.Quím.Tecnol.Med.Amb.)