Effects of sulfonation process on thermal behavior and microstructure of sulfonated polysulfone membranes as a material for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM)

This paper reports the effect of sulfonation processon thermal behavior and microstrucutre of sulfonated polysulfone membrane. Various degree of sulfonation reactin has been conducted and the sulfonated membranes were characterized by thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorim...

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Main Authors: Naim, R., Ismail, A. F., Saidi, H.
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Published: 2004
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Saidi, H.
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description This paper reports the effect of sulfonation processon thermal behavior and microstrucutre of sulfonated polysulfone membrane. Various degree of sulfonation reactin has been conducted and the sulfonated membranes were characterized by thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), x-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Modifications of the origin polysulfone polymer resulted in an increment value of glass transition temperature (Tg) due to the introduction of sulfonic acid group to the polymer backbone. However, due to some hindrance such as trace amount of organic solvent left during solvent evaporation and high hydrophilicity of the produced sulfonated membranes resulted in decreasing values of Tg. The polymer membrane showed lower degradation temperature as a function of degree of sulfonation. From XRD analysis, it was found that the membrane shows slight crystalline behavior after the sulfonation reaction. Detail discussions and observation of the alteration in microstructure of the sulfonated membrane were supported by SEM micrograph.
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spelling my.utm.eprints-10412017-09-06T06:35:05Z http://eprints.utm.my/1041/ Effects of sulfonation process on thermal behavior and microstructure of sulfonated polysulfone membranes as a material for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Naim, R. Ismail, A. F. Saidi, H. TP Chemical technology This paper reports the effect of sulfonation processon thermal behavior and microstrucutre of sulfonated polysulfone membrane. Various degree of sulfonation reactin has been conducted and the sulfonated membranes were characterized by thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), x-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Modifications of the origin polysulfone polymer resulted in an increment value of glass transition temperature (Tg) due to the introduction of sulfonic acid group to the polymer backbone. However, due to some hindrance such as trace amount of organic solvent left during solvent evaporation and high hydrophilicity of the produced sulfonated membranes resulted in decreasing values of Tg. The polymer membrane showed lower degradation temperature as a function of degree of sulfonation. From XRD analysis, it was found that the membrane shows slight crystalline behavior after the sulfonation reaction. Detail discussions and observation of the alteration in microstructure of the sulfonated membrane were supported by SEM micrograph. 2004 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/1041/1/Rosmawati2004_Effectsofsulfonationprocesson.pdf Naim, R. and Ismail, A. F. and Saidi, H. (2004) Effects of sulfonation process on thermal behavior and microstructure of sulfonated polysulfone membranes as a material for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM). In: Proceedings of Regional Symposium on Membrane Science and Technology 2004, 21-25 April 2004, Puteri Pan Pacific Hotel, Johor Bharu, Malaysia.
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Naim, R.
Ismail, A. F.
Saidi, H.
Effects of sulfonation process on thermal behavior and microstructure of sulfonated polysulfone membranes as a material for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM)
title Effects of sulfonation process on thermal behavior and microstructure of sulfonated polysulfone membranes as a material for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM)
title_full Effects of sulfonation process on thermal behavior and microstructure of sulfonated polysulfone membranes as a material for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM)
title_fullStr Effects of sulfonation process on thermal behavior and microstructure of sulfonated polysulfone membranes as a material for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM)
title_full_unstemmed Effects of sulfonation process on thermal behavior and microstructure of sulfonated polysulfone membranes as a material for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM)
title_short Effects of sulfonation process on thermal behavior and microstructure of sulfonated polysulfone membranes as a material for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM)
title_sort effects of sulfonation process on thermal behavior and microstructure of sulfonated polysulfone membranes as a material for proton exchange membrane (pem)
topic TP Chemical technology
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