Preparation of a bipolar membrane by photografting polymerization

Abstract

A single-sheet bipolar membrane was synthesized via photografting polymerization of an acrylic acid cation exchange layer onto the surface of a commercial homogeneous anion exchange membrane with benzophenone (BP) as the main initiator, diphenyl (2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)-phosphine oxide (TPO) and 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-propanone (1173) as coinitiators and divinylbenzene (DVB) or neopentylene glycol diacrylate (NPGDA) as crosslinking agent. It was found that when benzophenone was used as single initiator and the crosslink agent is absent, the grafting degree (D g ) increases with the prolongation of irradiation time. The grafting degree reaches a maximum at 60 seconds reaction time when the crosslinking agent is added, and the grafting degree is higher when using NPGDA instead of DVB as crosslinking agent. The grafting degree increases as the composite initiator system is used. When polymerization was initiated by BP and TPO, and the dosage of NPGDA was 2.5% mol concentration of monomer, the grafting degree reaches 30.1%.

Water Splitting and Transport of Ions in Electromembrane System with Bilayer Ion-Exchange Membrane

“…Introduction of the catalyst reduces the overvoltage of the bipolar region and, as a result, overall potential drop of the bipolar membrane. Such catalysts can be both organic [ 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 ] and inorganic [ 53 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 ] in nature.…”

Fundamental studies on a new series of SPSEBS‐PVA‐QPSEBS bipolar membrane: Membrane preparation and characterization

“…Some investigators such as Yang et al, have developed a BPM and reported their studies on the various applications using BPM technology 12. However, there is still a lacunae in the performance between laboratory‐prepared membranes and commercial membranes.…”