Nanoporous polysulfone membranes via a degradable block copolymer precursor for redox flow batteries

Gindt, Brandon P.; Abebe, Daniel G.; Tang, Zhijiang J.; Lindsey, Melanie B.; Chen, Jihua; Elgammal, Ramez A.; Zawodzinski, Thomas A.; Fujiwara, Tomoko

doi:10.1039/C6TA00698A

Title: Nanoporous polysulfone membranes via a degradable block copolymer precursor for redox flow batteries

Journal Article · Tue Feb 16 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TA00698A· OSTI ID:1241480

Gindt, Brandon P. ^[1]; Abebe, Daniel G. ^[1]; Tang, Zhijiang J. ^[2]; Lindsey, Melanie B. ^[3]; Chen, Jihua ^[2]; Elgammal, Ramez A. ^[3]; Zawodzinski, Thomas A. ^[4]; Fujiwara, Tomoko ^[1]

Univ. of Memphis, Memphis, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

In this study, nanoporous polysulfone (PSU) membranes were fabricated via post-hydrolysis of polylactide (PLA) from PLA–PSU–PLA triblock copolymer membranes. The PSU scaffold was thermally crosslinked before sacrificing PLA blocks. The resulting nanopore surface was chemically modified with sulfonic acid moieties. The membranes were analyzed and evaluated as separators for vanadium redox flow batteries. Nanoporous PSU membranes prepared by this new method and further chemically modified to a slight degree exhibited unique behavior with respect to their ionic conductivity when exposed to solutions of increasing acid concentration.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1241480

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Vol. 4, Issue 11; ISSN 2050-7488

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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