Disulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone) Random Copolymers Containing Hierarchical Iptycene Units for Proton Exchange Membranes

Wang, Tao; Li, Tianyun; Aboki, Joseph; Guo, Ruilan

doi:10.3389/fchem.2020.00674

Title: Disulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone) Random Copolymers Containing Hierarchical Iptycene Units for Proton Exchange Membranes

Journal Article · Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Frontiers in Chemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.00674· OSTI ID:1803501

Wang, Tao ^[1]; Li, Tianyun ^[1]; Aboki, Joseph ^[1]; Guo, Ruilan ^[1]

Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Two series of disulfonated iptycene-based poly(arylene ether sulfone) random copolymers, i.e., TRP-BP (triptycene-based) and PENT-BP (pentiptycene-based), were synthesized via condensation polymerization from disulfonated monomer and comonomers to prepare proton exchange membranes (PEMs) for potential applications in electrochemical devices such as fuel cell. To investigate the effect of iptycene units on membrane performance, these copolymers were systematically varied in composition (i.e., iptycene content) and the degree of sulfonation (i.e., 30–50%), which were characterized comprehensively in terms of water uptake, swelling ratio, oxidative stability, thermal and mechanical properties, and proton conductivity at various temperatures. Comparing to copolymers without iptycene units, TRP-BP and PENT-BP ionomers showed greatly enhanced thermal and oxidative stabilities due to strong intra- and inter-molecular supramolecular interactions induced by hierarchical iptycene units. In addition, the introduction of iptycene units in general provides PEMs with exceptional dimensional stability of low volume swelling ratio at high water uptakes, which is ascribed to the supramolecularly interlocked structure as well as high fractional free volume of iptycene-based polymers. It is demonstrated that the combination of high proton conductivity and good membrane dimension stability is the result of the synergistic effects of multiple factors including free volume (iptycene content), sulfonation degree, hydrophobicity, and swelling behavior (supramolecular interactions).

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Research Organization:: University of Notre Dame, IN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019024

OSTI ID:: 1803501

Journal Information:: Frontiers in Chemistry, Vol. 8; ISSN 2296-2646

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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