Synthesis and conductive performance about a kind of high-proton conductor, Dawson structure heteropoly acid H6P2W16Mo2O40 ⋅ 29H2O

Abstract

A heteropoly acid (HPA) with Dawson structure, H6P2W[Formula: see text]Mo2O[Formula: see text]⋅29H2O, is synthesized with characterization and the investigation toward its proton conductive behavior. Actually, at 18[Formula: see text]C with 80% relative humidity (RH), H6P2W[Formula: see text]Mo2O[Formula: see text] ⋅ 29H2O displays the conductivity as 2.30 × 10[Formula: see text] S ⋅ cm[Formula: see text], indicating an excellent protonic conductor. The proton conduction activation energy is 32.19 kJ ⋅ mol[Formula: see text], implying proton migration following vehicle mechanism. During the measured range, higher temperature can boost the conductivity.