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Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 262 (2005) 65–70 Self-assembling multi-layer Pd nanoparticles onto NafionTM membrane to reduce methanol crossover Haolin Tang a , Mu Pan a,∗, Sanping Jiangb , Zhaohui Wan a , Runzhang Yuan a a State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, PR China b Fuel Cells Strategic Research Program, School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Ave. 639798, Singapore Received 4 January 2005; received in revised form 3 April 2005; accepted 3 April 2005 Available online 9 June 2005 Abstract Methanol crossover through the proton exchange membranes (PEMs, e.g., NafionTM membrane) is one of the major obstacles that currently prevent the widespread commercial applications of direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC). In this paper, multi-layer self-assembly NafionTM membranes (MLSA NafionTM membranes) were prepared by alternately assembling charged Pd particles and Nafion ionmers onto NafionTM membranes. The Pd particles, size of about 1.8 nm in average, are charged by PDDA ionomers with zeta potential of 30 mV (pH value of 8.5). The Pd loading of the first-layer MLSA NafionTM membranes was 0.63 g cm−2 , and the surface coverage of the Pd nanoparticles on the NafionTM membrane was estimated as 22%. After 5-double-layer Pd particles/Nafion ionomers assembling, the Pd loading reached to 2.86 g cm−2 . The methanol crossover current of the original NafionTM membranes and 1-double-layer, 2-double-layer, 3-double-layer, 4-dou