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Theoretical Overview of Membrane Transport (막물질 이동의 이론적 고찰)

  • Park, Young
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.94-107
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    • 1993
  • Many researchers have discussed how membrane performance can be enhanced through an understanding of polymer science and engineering. The understandings of transport in porous membrane are used to achieve the isolation of certain components from mixtures. Particular emphasis is placed on the applicability of membrane separations for the isolation of macromolecules[1]. An awareness of membrane structure characteristics is required for the rational design of membranes for specific and/or new applications. This understanding rests on the knowledge of fields such as polymer thermodynamics[2], polymer adsorption [3, 4], diffusion in polymers[5, 6], reaction mechanism[7], and the dynamic behavior[8, 9] of polymer in porous membrane.

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Electrochemical Characteristics of Ion-Exchange Membrane and Charged Mosaic Membrane (복합 하전 모자이크 막과 이온교환 막의 전기적화학적 특성)

  • Yang, Wong-Kang;Song, Myung-Kwan;Cho, Young-Suk
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.37-43
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    • 2007
  • The effect of anionic and cationic exchange polymer layer on the chronopotentiometry (CP) and current voltage curves (I-V) of charged composite membrane are investigated. Also, the ion transport near the interface between electrolyte and ionic exchange polymer membranes (anionic and cationic ones) and charged mosaic polymer composite membrane is studied. The results show that both anionic and cationic polymer exchange membranes exhibit lower voltage drop over range of applied current density and possess favorable industrial application potentials, especially at low KCl concentration. While the charged mosaic polymer composite membrane didn't show any current-voltage change, irrespective to the type and the concentration of used electrolyte. CP and I-V measurements are effectively used to give some fundamental understanding for ion transport behavior of ion exchange polymer membrane near the interlace.

Improved controllability of a fully dehydrated Selemion actuator

  • Tamagawa, Hirohisa;Nogata, Fumio
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.08a
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    • pp.96-100
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    • 2004
  • Ion exchange polymer membrane in the dehydrated state was found to exhibit bending upon a small applied voltage, although the investigations on the hydrated ion exchange polymer membrane bending behavior have been performed quite intensively for more than a decade for the purpose of producing a practical polymer actuator. Our investigation on the dehydrated ion exchange polymer membrane has revealed that its bending direction is perfectly controllable by the polarity control of applied voltage and the degree of its bending curvature is also almost completely determined by the control of duration time of voltage application on it, while the hydrated ion exchange polymer membranes lack of such properties. Furthermore the longevity of dehydrated ion exchange polymer membrane sustaining such a highly controllable properties has been found quite longer than that of the hydrated ion exchange polymer membrane.

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Semi-interpenetrated Polymer Network of Sulfonated Poly(Styrene-Divinylbenzene-Acrylonitrile) based on PVC Film for Polymer Electrolyte Membranes

  • Yun, Sung-Hyun;Woo, Jung-Je;Seo, Seok-Jun;Park, Jung-Woo;Oh, Se-Hun;Moon, Seung-Hyeon
    • Korean Membrane Journal
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.8-14
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    • 2009
  • The sulfonated poly(styrene-divinylbenzene-acrylonitrile) (ST-DVB-AN) composite polymer electrolyte membrane based on the original PVC film was successfully synthesized to improve oxidative stability using semi-interpenetrated polymer network (semi-IPN). Weight gain ratio after copolymerization was enhanced by the DVB and AN contents, and the sulfonated membranes were characterized in terms of proton conductivity (k), ion exchange capacity (IEC), and water uptake ($W_U$). The effect of DVB content and AN addition were thoroughly investigated by comparing the resulted properties including oxidative stability. The obtained ST-DVB-AN composited semi-IPN membranes showed relatively high proton conductivity and IEC compared with Nafion117, and greatly improved oxidative stability of the synthesized membrane was obtained. This study demonstrated that a semi-interpenetrated sulfonated ST-DVB-AN composited membrane reinforced by PVC polymer network is a promising candidate as an inexpensive polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cell applications.

The Effect of sGO Content in sPEEK/sGO Composite Membrane for Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell (일체형 재생연료전지 적용을 위한 sGO 함량 변화에 따른 sGO/sPEEK 복합막의 특성 평가)

  • Jung, Ho-Young;Kim, Min-Woo;Lim, Ji-Hun;Choi, Jin H.;Roh, Sung-Hee
    • KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.127-131
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    • 2016
  • Polymer electrolyte membrane for unitized regenerative fuel cells requires high proton conductivity, high dimensional stability, low permeability, and low cost. However, DuPont's Nafion which is a commercial polymer electrolyte membrane has high permeability, high cost, and decreasing proton conductivity and dimensional stability over $80^{\circ}C$. To address these problems, sulfonated poly ether ether ketone (sPEEK) which is a low cost hydrocarbon polymer is selected as matrix polymer for the preparation of polymer electrolyte membrane. In addition, composite membrane with improved proton conductivity and dimensional stability is prepared by introducing sulfonated graphene oxide (sGO). The fundamental properties of polymer electrolyte membranes are analyzed by investigating membrane's water content, dimensional stability, proton conductivity, and morphology. The cell test is conducted to consider the possibility of application of sPEEK/sGO composite membrane for an unitized regenerative fuel cell.

Research Trends on Improvement of Physicochemical Properties of Sulfonated Hydrocarbon Polymer-based Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Applications (고분자 전해질 막 연료전지 응용을 위한 탄화수소계 고분자 전해질 막의 물성 향상에 관한 연구동향)

  • Inhyeok, Hwang;Davin, Choi;Kihyun, Kim
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.427-441
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    • 2022
  • Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) serving as a separator that can prevent the permeation of unreacted fuels as well as an electrolyte that selectively transports protons from the anode to the cathode has been considered a key component of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). The perfluorinated sulfonic acid-based PEMs, represented by Nafion®, have been commercialized in PEMFC systems due to their high proton conductivity and chemical stability. Nevertheless, these PEMs have several inherent drawbacks including high manufacturing costs by the complex synthetic processes and environmental problems caused by producing the toxic gases. Although numerous studies are underway to address these drawbacks including the development of sulfonated hydrocarbon polymer-based PEMs (SHP-PEMs), which can easily control the polymer structures, further improvement of PEM performances and durability is necessary for practical PEMFC applications. Therefore, this study focused on the various strategies for the development of SHP-PEMs with outstanding performance and durability by 1) introducing cross-linked structures, 2) incorporating organic/inorganic composites, and 3) fabricating reinforced-composite membranes using porous substrates.

Cellulose acetate membrane preparation by phase inversion to estimate optimized parameters and its performance study

  • Katariya, Heena N;Patel, Tejal M
    • Membrane and Water Treatment
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.139-145
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    • 2022
  • Development in advanced separation processes leads to the significant advancement in polymeric membrane preparation methodology. Therefore, present research investigated the preparation and characterization of cellulose acetate membrane by phase inversion separation method to determine optimized operating parameters. Prepared CA membrane's performance was been analyzed in terms of % rejection and flux. Investigation was conducted to study effect of different parameters such as polymer concentration, evaporation rate, thickness of film, coagulation bath properties, temperature of polymer solution and of the coagulation bath etc. CA membrane was fabricated by taking polymer concentration 10wt% and 11wt% with zero second evaporation time and varying film thickness over non-woven polyester fabric. Effect of coagulation bath temperature (CBT) and casting solution temperature were also been studied. The experimental results from SEM showed that the surface morphology had been changed with polymer r concentration, coagulation bath and casting solution temperature, etc. Lower polymer concentration leads to lower precipitation time giving porous membrane. The prepared membrane was tested for advanced waste water treatment of relevant effluent stream in pilot plant to study flux and rejection behavior of the membrane.