Physico-chemical study of sulfonated polystyrene pore-filled electrolyte membranes by electrons induced grafting

Pore-filled polymer electrolyte membranes have been prepared as a potential proton exchange membrane by radiation induced grafting using simultaneous technique. The porous substrate films were grafted in a subsequent step after flooding the membranes pores with styrene monomer. The grafted films wer...

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Main Authors: Ismail, A. F., Zubir, N, Nasef, M. M., Dahlan, K. M., Hassan, A. R.
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author Ismail, A. F.
Zubir, N
Nasef, M. M.
Dahlan, K. M.
Hassan, A. R.
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Zubir, N
Nasef, M. M.
Dahlan, K. M.
Hassan, A. R.
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description Pore-filled polymer electrolyte membranes have been prepared as a potential proton exchange membrane by radiation induced grafting using simultaneous technique. The porous substrate films were grafted in a subsequent step after flooding the membranes pores with styrene monomer. The grafted films were then sulfonated in a post-grafting reactions. The influence of grafting conditions, i.e. irradiation dose and monomer concentration in correlation with the grafting yield (Y) have been investigated. The results showed that the grafting yield is increased for both conditions. The resulting membranes were then characterized by evaluating their physico-chemical properties such as ion exchange capacity, water uptake and proton conductivity as a function of grafting yield. The overall results showed that polystyrene grafts is successfully anchored within the pores of PTFE films during grafting and subsequently transformed into hygroscopic proton exchange regions after being sulfonated. The measured conductivity of the sulfonated polystyrene pore-filled electrolyte PTFE membranes achieved were approximately within the magnitude of 10-3 and 10-2 S cm-1 at room temperature and at higher operating temperature, respectively.
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spelling utm-7942010-06-01T02:48:10Z http://eprints.utm.my/794/ Physico-chemical study of sulfonated polystyrene pore-filled electrolyte membranes by electrons induced grafting Ismail, A. F. Zubir, N Nasef, M. M. Dahlan, K. M. Hassan, A. R. TP Chemical technology Pore-filled polymer electrolyte membranes have been prepared as a potential proton exchange membrane by radiation induced grafting using simultaneous technique. The porous substrate films were grafted in a subsequent step after flooding the membranes pores with styrene monomer. The grafted films were then sulfonated in a post-grafting reactions. The influence of grafting conditions, i.e. irradiation dose and monomer concentration in correlation with the grafting yield (Y) have been investigated. The results showed that the grafting yield is increased for both conditions. The resulting membranes were then characterized by evaluating their physico-chemical properties such as ion exchange capacity, water uptake and proton conductivity as a function of grafting yield. The overall results showed that polystyrene grafts is successfully anchored within the pores of PTFE films during grafting and subsequently transformed into hygroscopic proton exchange regions after being sulfonated. The measured conductivity of the sulfonated polystyrene pore-filled electrolyte PTFE membranes achieved were approximately within the magnitude of 10-3 and 10-2 S cm-1 at room temperature and at higher operating temperature, respectively. Elsevier B.V. 2005-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/794/2/A.F.Ismail2005_Physico-chemicalStudyOfSulfonatedPolystyrene.pdf Ismail, A. F. and Zubir, N and Nasef, M. M. and Dahlan, K. M. and Hassan, A. R. (2005) Physico-chemical study of sulfonated polystyrene pore-filled electrolyte membranes by electrons induced grafting. Journal of Membrane Science, 254 (1). pp. 189-196. ISSN 0376-7388 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2005.01.006 10.1016/j.memsci.2005.01.006
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Ismail, A. F.
Zubir, N
Nasef, M. M.
Dahlan, K. M.
Hassan, A. R.
Physico-chemical study of sulfonated polystyrene pore-filled electrolyte membranes by electrons induced grafting
title Physico-chemical study of sulfonated polystyrene pore-filled electrolyte membranes by electrons induced grafting
title_full Physico-chemical study of sulfonated polystyrene pore-filled electrolyte membranes by electrons induced grafting
title_fullStr Physico-chemical study of sulfonated polystyrene pore-filled electrolyte membranes by electrons induced grafting
title_full_unstemmed Physico-chemical study of sulfonated polystyrene pore-filled electrolyte membranes by electrons induced grafting
title_short Physico-chemical study of sulfonated polystyrene pore-filled electrolyte membranes by electrons induced grafting
title_sort physico-chemical study of sulfonated polystyrene pore-filled electrolyte membranes by electrons induced grafting
topic TP Chemical technology
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