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Preparation and Characterization of Proton Conducting Membranes by Blending PVC-g-PHEA and PVA  

Koh, Jong-Kwan (Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University)
Choi, Jin-Kyu (Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University)
Seo, Jin-Ah (Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University)
Zeng, Xiaolei (Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University)
Kim, Jong-Hak (Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University)
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Korean Membrane Journal / v.11, no.1, 2009 , pp. 1-7 More about this Journal
Abstract
This work reports the preparation of proton conductive crosslinked polymer electrolyte membranes by blending poly(vinyl chloride)-g-poly(hydroxyl ethyl acrylate) (PVC-g-PHEA) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA). The PHEA chains of the graft copolymer were crosslinked with PVA using sulfosuccinic acid (SA) via the esterification reaction between -OH of polymer matrix and -COOH of SA. The PVC-g-PHEA graft copolymer was synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) using direct initiation of the secondary chlorines of PVC backbones. Ion exchange capacity (IEC) continuously increased with increasing concentrations of SA, due to the increasing portion of charged groups in the membrane. However, the water uptake increased up to 20.0 wt% of SA concentration above which it decreased monotonically. The membrane exhibited a maximum proton conductivity of 0.026 S/cm at 20.0 wt% of SA concentration, which is presumably due to competitive effect between the increase of ionic sites and the crosslinking reaction.
Keywords
polymer electrolyte membrane; graft copolymer; poly(vinyl alcohol); crosslinking; proton conductivity;
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