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Preparation and characterization of heterogeneous PVC-silica proton exchange membrane
Akli K.a, Khoiruddina, Wenten I.G.a
a Department of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624529070653{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner layout=”boxed”][vc_column_inner width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1624695412187{border-right-width: 1px !important;border-right-color: #dddddd !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Abstract” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]© 2016 MPRL. All Rights Reserved.Heterogeneous proton exchange membranes (PEM) are synthesized using the dry phase inversion technique. The casting solutions are prepared by dispersing a finely ground cation exchange resin particle in N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc) solution of polyvinyl-chloride (PVC). Results show that ion exchange capacity is increased with the addition of 1 %-wt nanosilica (from 0.14 to 0.27 meq/g) while it is decreased with a higher concentration of silica. The incorporation of 0.5%-wt nanosilica improves water uptake (from 79.2% to 94.9%) and proton conductivity (from 0.02 to 0.09 mS/cm) of PEM. However, at further silica loading those properties are decreased. The membrane with 1%-wt nanosilica and 50%-wt resin showed very good stability in the oxidative environment. The post-Treatment via membrane sulfonation at the optimum condition (0.1 M of sulfuric acid and 1 h reaction time) reduces the water uptake (from 94.8% to 92.3%) but improves the IEC (from 0.27 meq/g to 0.49 meg/g) and proton conductivity (from 0.02 mS/cm to 3.07 mS/cm). Meanwhile, the post-Treatment via salt solution immersion at the optimum condition (0.1 M, 24 h and 30 °C) produces less water uptake (from 94.8% to 93.1%) but improves the IEC (from 0.27 meq/g to 0.55 meg/g) and drastically increases the proton conductivity (from 0.02 mS/cm to 2.79 mS/cm).[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Author keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Indexed keywords” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text]Cation exchange resin,Heterogeneous membrane,Nanosilica,Proton exchange membrane[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”Funding details” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_empty_space][megatron_heading title=”DOI” size=”size-sm” text_align=”text-left”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]Widget Plumx[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1624528584150{padding-top: 25px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]