Abstract
Proton exchange membranes (PEMs), which are crucial fuel cell parts, play an important role in the field of energy science. However, the further development of conventional PEMs based on synthetic polymers is greatly limited by high energy consumption and difficult degradation. In this work, we reported the fabrication of a novel viscose-based PEM via cationic modification and dyeing treatment with the reactive dyes KE-7B1. High-efficiency proton transmission channels can be constructed due to the formation of the complex internal three-dimensional network of the as-prepared viscose-based PEM. H+ conductivity (
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