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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 158, Issue -, Pages 64-72Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.01.062
Keywords
Polyaniline; composite membrane; sulfonated PVDF (S-PVDF); cation exchange membrane (CEM); water softening
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A novel hybrid cation exchange membrane (CEM) composed of a blend of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), sulfonated PVDF(S-PVDF) and doped polyaniline (PANi) as additive was prepared. PANi was synthesized with different molecular weights to optimize the performance of membranes for water softening. The membrane properties such as thermal behavior, membrane structure, membrane morphology and miscibility, ion exchange capacity (IEC), permselectivity, water uptake, contact angle, cell resistivity, current efficiency and electrodialysis (ED) performance were evaluated. Addition of doped PANi increased the bivalent selectivity of the cation exchange membrane. The highest bivalent selectivity and best removal of Ca2+ and Mg2+ were achieved for PANi with M-w approximate to 45,000 g mol(-1) and polydispersity index (PDI) approximate to 3.2. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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