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Preparation and Performance Analysis of Anion Exchange Membranes Modified with Chromotropic Acid Grafted 18⁃Crown⁃6 Ether on Polyvinyl Alcohol
Ningda ZHANG, Lulu WANG, Yang ZHANG, Fan ZHANG, Jilin WANG
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The quaternary ammonium group (QA) commonly used in conventional anion exchange membranes (AEMs) has a low dissociation constant with OH-, resulting in poor conductivity. The crown ether group can significantly enhance the ion exchange capacity (IEC) and OH- conduction efficiency of AEMs due to its ability to form positively charged complexes with alkali metal cations. Meanwhile, the ether bond in the crown ether ring exhibits good alkali and chemical stability. In view of the above advantages, a series of AEMs grafted with bi?crown ethers were successfully prepared by grafting dibenzo?18?crown?6?ether?modified polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) via metastable acid. The results showed that the bi?crown ether anion?exchange membranes exhibited higher OH-selectivity and chemical stability compared with the mono?crown ether membrane materials; the prepared AEMs exhibited good OH- selectivity and chemical stability in terms of electrical conductivity (conductivity of 165.5 mS/cm at 80 ℃), mechanical properties (tensile strength of 47 MPa at room temperature), and alkali stability (only 4.52% decrease in conductivity after immersion in KOH at a concentration of 6 mol/L for 168 h), and the high efficiency electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen based on platinum charcoal as the anode material, and the efficiency of electrolytic reduction reached 80%.

2025, 45 (5): 9-17. DOI: 10.12422/j.issn.1672-6952.2025.05.002