Properties of Multiblock Sulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone)s Synthesized by Precise Controllable Post-sulfonation for Proton Exchange Membranes

Xing Chen; Lei Xiao; Xin-Sheng Qiu; Kang-Cheng Chen

doi:10.1007/s10118-022-2713-5

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Properties of Multiblock Sulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone)s Synthesized by Precise Controllable Post-sulfonation for Proton Exchange Membranes

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2022-06-22

- Properties of Multiblock Sulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone)s Synthesized by Precise Controllable Post-sulfonation for Proton Exchange Membranes
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 40, Issue 7, Pages: 754-763(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
- Author bio：
  
  chenkc@bit.edu.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s10118-022-2713-5
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- Received：24 December 2021，
  
  Revised：2022-1-31，
  
  Accepted：08 February 2022，
  
  Online First：20 May 2022，
  
  Published：01 July 2022
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Xing Chen, Lei Xiao, Xin-Sheng Qiu, et al. Properties of Multiblock Sulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone)s Synthesized by Precise Controllable Post-sulfonation for Proton Exchange Membranes[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 40(7): 754-763.
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Xing Chen, Lei Xiao, Xin-Sheng Qiu, et al. Properties of Multiblock Sulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone)s Synthesized by Precise Controllable Post-sulfonation for Proton Exchange Membranes[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 40(7): 754-763. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-022-2713-5.

摘要

The sulfonated multiblock poly(arylene ether sulfone)s were prepared by precise controllable post-sulfonation. The polymerization processes resulted in different micro-morphology and further affected the properties of them. The membrane prepared by one-pot hydrophilic segment process showed the most clear microphase separation and highest proton conductivity.

Abstract

A series of multiblock sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone)s (SPAES) with various block lengths and predictable ion exchange capacity were synthesized from 4

4’-difluorodiphenyl sulfone

4’-dihydrodiphenyl sulfone and 4

4’-biphenol by one-pot and two-pot polymerization.

H-NMR and FTIR spectra confirmed the structure that sulfonic acid groups were introduced precisely on the poly(arylene ether sulfone)s by post-sulfonation which resulted in controllable sulfonation degree. The proton exchange membranes (PEMs)-based SPAES displayed excellent dimensional

thermal

antioxidant stability

proton conductivity and mechanical properties (maximum tensile stress

35 MPa). Thermogravimetric analysis indicated the prepared SPAES began to degrade above 310 °C. The effects of polymerization processes

those were

one-pot hydrophobic segment process

one-pot hydrophilic segment process and two-pot process

on the properties of polymers were investigated. The proton conductivity and microphase separation of SPAES PEMs increased in order of those prepared by one-pot hydrophobic segment process

two-pot process and one-pot hydrophilic segment process. The highest conductivities of SPAES synthesized by the above processes under 80 °C and 100% relative humidity were 213 (MS4)

297 (MB3) and 360 mS·cm

−1

(MQ2)

respectively.

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