TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Tetracarboxylic Dianhydrides on the Properties of Sulfonated Polyimides
AU - Chen, Xinbing
AU - Chen, Kangcheng
AU - Chen, Pei
AU - Higa, Mitsuru
AU - Okamoto, Ken Ichi
AU - Hirano, Tetsuji
PY - 2010/2/15
Y1 - 2010/2/15
N2 - A series of sulfonated polyimides (SPIs) were synthesized from a sulfonated diamine of 4, 4′-bis(4-aminophenoxy) biphenyl-3, 3′-disulfonic acid (BAPBDS), common nonsulfonated diamines, and various tetracarboxylic dianhydrides including 1, 4, 5, 8-naphthalene tetracarboxylic dianhydride (NTDA), 3, 4, 9, 10-perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTDA), 4, 4′-binaphthyl-1, 1′, 8, 8′-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (BTDA), 4, 4′-ketone dinaphthalene 1, 1', 8, 8'-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (KDNTDA), and isophthatic dinaphthalene 1, 1′, 8, 8′-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (IPNTDA). Their membrane properties were investigated to clarify the effects of the dianhydrides. They displayed reasonably high mechanical properties, thermal stability, and proton conductivity. The dianhydrides with flexible and non-coplanar structure (IPNTDA > KDNTDA > BTDA) led to the better solubility of the SPIs than those with rigid and coplanar one (NTDA, PTDA). The dianhydride with the smaller molecular weight led to the larger value of the number of sorbed water molecules per sulfonic acid group (k) in membrane, that is, NTDA (λ: 17) > PTDA(15) > BTDA (14) > KDNTDA (12) > IPNTDA (10), and as a result let to the larger proton conductivity in water. All of the BAPBDS-based SPIs showed the anisotropy in membrane swelling and in proton conductivity, of which the degree hardly depended on the dianhydride moieties. The water stability of SPI membranes against the aging in water at 130 °C for 192 h was in the order, PTDA = NTDA ≧ BTDA > KDNTDA > IPNTDA. The hydrolysis stability of polymer chain was similar between the BTDA- and KDNTDA-based SPIs. These results are discussed.
AB - A series of sulfonated polyimides (SPIs) were synthesized from a sulfonated diamine of 4, 4′-bis(4-aminophenoxy) biphenyl-3, 3′-disulfonic acid (BAPBDS), common nonsulfonated diamines, and various tetracarboxylic dianhydrides including 1, 4, 5, 8-naphthalene tetracarboxylic dianhydride (NTDA), 3, 4, 9, 10-perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTDA), 4, 4′-binaphthyl-1, 1′, 8, 8′-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (BTDA), 4, 4′-ketone dinaphthalene 1, 1', 8, 8'-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (KDNTDA), and isophthatic dinaphthalene 1, 1′, 8, 8′-tetracarboxylic dianhydride (IPNTDA). Their membrane properties were investigated to clarify the effects of the dianhydrides. They displayed reasonably high mechanical properties, thermal stability, and proton conductivity. The dianhydrides with flexible and non-coplanar structure (IPNTDA > KDNTDA > BTDA) led to the better solubility of the SPIs than those with rigid and coplanar one (NTDA, PTDA). The dianhydride with the smaller molecular weight led to the larger value of the number of sorbed water molecules per sulfonic acid group (k) in membrane, that is, NTDA (λ: 17) > PTDA(15) > BTDA (14) > KDNTDA (12) > IPNTDA (10), and as a result let to the larger proton conductivity in water. All of the BAPBDS-based SPIs showed the anisotropy in membrane swelling and in proton conductivity, of which the degree hardly depended on the dianhydride moieties. The water stability of SPI membranes against the aging in water at 130 °C for 192 h was in the order, PTDA = NTDA ≧ BTDA > KDNTDA > IPNTDA. The hydrolysis stability of polymer chain was similar between the BTDA- and KDNTDA-based SPIs. These results are discussed.
KW - Anisotropic membrane swelling
KW - Polymer electrolyte membrane
KW - Proton conductivity
KW - Structure-property relations
KW - Sulfonated polyimide
KW - Water stability
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U2 - 10.1002/pola.23844
DO - 10.1002/pola.23844
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77958608065
SN - 0887-624X
VL - 48
SP - 905
EP - 915
JO - Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry
JF - Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry
IS - 4
ER -