Chloromethylation and Quaternization of Poly(aryl ether ketone sulfone)s with Clustered Electron-rich Phenyl Groups for Anion Exchange Membranes

Lei Xiong; Yuan-Fang Hu; Zi-Gui Zheng; Zai-Lai Xie; Dong-Yang Chen

doi:10.1007/s10118-020-2340-y

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Chloromethylation and Quaternization of Poly(aryl ether ketone sulfone)s with Clustered Electron-rich Phenyl Groups for Anion Exchange Membranes

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- Chloromethylation and Quaternization of Poly(aryl ether ketone sulfone)s with Clustered Electron-rich Phenyl Groups for Anion Exchange Membranes
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 38, Issue 3, Pages: 278-287(2020)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
  b.College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
- Author bio：
  
  zlxie@fzu.edu.cn (Z.L.X.)
  dongyang.chen@fzu.edu.cn (D.Y.C.)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-020-2340-y
  CLC：
- Received：06 June 2019，
  
  Revised：2019-7-5，
  
  Accepted：14 August 2019，
  
  Online First：11 October 2019，
  
  Published：2020-03
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Xiong, L.; Hu, Y. F.; Zheng, Z. G.; Xie, Z. L.; Chen, D. Y. Chloromethylation and quaternization of poly(aryl ether ketone sulfone)s with clustered electron-rich phenyl groups for anion exchange membranes. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 38, 278–287.

Lei Xiong, Yuan-Fang Hu, Zi-Gui Zheng, et al. Chloromethylation and Quaternization of Poly(aryl ether ketone sulfone)s with Clustered Electron-rich Phenyl Groups for Anion Exchange Membranes[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2020, 38(3): 278-287.
Xiong, L.; Hu, Y. F.; Zheng, Z. G.; Xie, Z. L.; Chen, D. Y. Chloromethylation and quaternization of poly(aryl ether ketone sulfone)s with clustered electron-rich phenyl groups for anion exchange membranes. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 38, 278–287. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-020-2340-y.

Lei Xiong, Yuan-Fang Hu, Zi-Gui Zheng, et al. Chloromethylation and Quaternization of Poly(aryl ether ketone sulfone)s with Clustered Electron-rich Phenyl Groups for Anion Exchange Membranes[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2020, 38(3): 278-287. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-020-2340-y.

摘要

Abstract

Ion segregation is critically important for achieving high ion conductivity for anion exchange membranes (AEMs). Herein

a new bisphenol monomer bearing ten electron-rich phenyl groups was designed and polymerized with various amounts of electron-deficient 4

4′-dihydroxydiphenylsulfone and 4

4′-difluorobenzophenone to yield dense and selective reaction sites for chloromethylation and quaternization. As the most challenging step

chloromethylation was optimized by tuning the reaction temperature

reaction time

and reactant ratios. Ion exchange capacity

water uptake

anion conductivity

mechanical stability

and alkaline stability of the resulting AEMs were characterized in detail. It is found that chloromethylation reaction needed to be carried out at low equivalent of chloromethylation agents to avoid undesirable crosslinking. The QA-PAEKS-20 sample with an IEC of 1.19 mmol·g

−1

exhibited a Cl

–

conductivity of 11.2 mS·cm

−1

and a water uptake of 30.2% at 80 °C

which are promising for AEM applications.

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