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论文类型：期刊论文

发表时间：2013-02-15

发表刊物：JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

收录刊物：SCIE、EI

卷号：429

页面范围：13-22

ISSN号：0376-7388

关键字：Ionomer; Ionic conductivity; Water permeation; Polyether-ether ketone

摘要：Water sorption, water transport and ion transport are compared for polyether-ether ketone polymers functionalized with sulfonic acid, quaternary amine hydroxide, and imidazolium hydroxide. Water sorption in all three ionomers increases modestly with increasing water activity up to a(w)=0.6 and then increases more rapidly between 0.6 < a(w) < 1.0. Ionic conductivity in all three ionomers is negligible for a(w) < 0.6; ionic conductivity increases exponentially with increasing water activity for a(w) > 0.6. The increase in ion conductivity with increasing water activity is 10 times greater for the proton exchanged polymer compared to the hydroxide exchanged polymers. Water permeation from partially saturated vapor streams is primarily diffusion limited for all three ionomers and the permeation rates were approximately the same. Water pervaporation from liquid water appeared to be interfacial transport limited for membranes < 120 mu m thick; the pervaporation rates at 40 and 60 degrees C were independent of membrane thickness. Water sorption and transport show little dependence on the mobile ion while the ion transport appears to depend on both ion size and hydrophilicity of the fixed ion. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.