High performance aliphatic-heterocyclic benzyl-quaternary ammonium radiation-grafted anion-exchange membranes

Ponce-González, Julia; Whelligan, Daniel K.; Wang, Lianqin; Bance-Soualhi, Rachida; Wang, Ying; Peng, Yanqiu; Peng, Hanqing; Apperley, David C.; Sarode, Himanshu N.; Pandey, Tara P.; Divekar, Ashutosh G.; Seifert, Soenke; Herring, Andrew M.; Zhuang, Lin; Varcoe, John R.

doi:10.1039/C6EE01958G

Title: High performance aliphatic-heterocyclic benzyl-quaternary ammonium radiation-grafted anion-exchange membranes

Journal Article · Mon Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C6EE01958G· OSTI ID:1474856

^[1]; Whelligan, Daniel K. ^[1]; Wang, Lianqin ^[1]; Bance-Soualhi, Rachida ^[1]; Wang, Ying ^[2]; Peng, Yanqiu ^[2]; Peng, Hanqing ^[2]; Apperley, David C. ^[3]; Sarode, Himanshu N. ^[4]; Pandey, Tara P. ^[4]; Divekar, Ashutosh G. ^[4]; Seifert, Soenke ^[5]; Herring, Andrew M. ^[4]; Zhuang, Lin ^[2]; Varcoe, John R. ^[1]

Univ. of Surrey, Guildford (United Kingdom)
Wuhan Univ., Wuhan (People's Republic of China)
Durham Univ., Durham (United Kingdom)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Here, anion-exchange membranes (AEM) containing saturated-heterocyclic benzyl-quaternary ammonium (QA) groups synthesised by radiation-grafting onto poly(ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene) (ETFE) films are reported. The relative properties of these AEMs are compared with the benchmark radiation-grafted ETFE-g-poly(vinylbenzyltrimethylammonium) AEM. Two AEMs containing heterocyclic-QA head groups were down-selected with higher relative stabilities in aqueous KOH (1 mol dm^–3) at 80 °C (compared to the benchmark): these 100 μm thick (fully hydrated) ETFE-g-poly(vinylbenzyl-N-methylpiperidinium)- and ETFE-g-poly(vinylbenzyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium)-based AEMs had as-synthesised ion-exchange capacities (IEC) of 1.64 and 1.66 mmol g^–1, respectively, which reduced to 1.36 mmol dm^–3 (ca. 17–18% loss of IEC) after alkali ageing (the benchmark AEM showed 30% loss of IEC under the same conditions).

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); U.S. Army Research Laboratory, U.S. Army Research Office (ARO); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1474856

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 9, Issue 12; ISSN 1754-5692

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