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Electrochemical properties of PP membranes with plasma polymer coatings of acrylic acid |
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| Authors: | F. Basarir E.Y. Choi S.H. Moon K.C. Song T.H. Yoon |
| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 1 Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712, South Korea bDepartment of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), 1 Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712, South Korea |
| Abstract: | Commercial polypropylene (PP) membranes were modified by plasma polymerization coating of acrylic acid, in combination with oxygen flow or oxygen plasma etching. First, conditions for plasma polymerization coating were optimized in terms of the chemical resistance of the coatings and their ion exchange capacity as a function of plasma power, internal pressure and treatment time. Next, the plasma polymerization coating of acrylic acid was combined with oxygen flow or oxygen plasma etching, and their conditions were also optimized by measuring the ion exchange capacity. Finally, the modified membranes were subjected to electrical resistance and transport number measurements and characterized by -step, FT-IR/ATR and SEM. Among the modification methods, oxygen plasma etching followed by the plasma polymerization coating of acrylic acid provided the best electrochemical properties with 1.75 meq/g (IEC) and 112 Ω cm2 (ER), 0.88 (TN). |
| Keywords: | Ion exchange membrane Plasma polymerization Polypropylene membrane Acrylic acid Electrochemical properties |
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