Acrylic acid (AAc) and styrene (St) were grafted onto poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) powder or membrane samples by pre-irradiation graft copolymerization.The grafted chains were proved by FT-IR spectroscopy analysis.The degree of grafting (DG) of the grafted PVDF was determined by fluorine elemental analysis (FEA) method,and was compared with the DGs determined by weighing method,acid-base back titration method and quantitative FT-IR method.The results show that the FEA method is accurate,convenient and universal,especially for the grafted polymer powders.
YU YangZHANG BowuYANG XuanxuanDENG BoLI LinfanYU MingLI Jingye
Proton exchange membranes(PEMs)were prepared in three steps:grafting of polystyrene onto PVDF powder using pre-irradiation graft polymerization technique,processing the grafted PVDF powder into membranes of around 50-μm thickness,and sulfonating them with cholorosulfonic acid to form poly(vinylidene fluoride)-g-poly(styrene sulfonic acid)membranes.Kinetics of the graft polymerization was studied.The existing of polystyrene side-chains in the grafted PVDF powders,and PSSA groups in PEMs,were proved by FT-IR.Properties of the PEMs,i.e.the ion exchange capacity,water uptake,proton conductivity,thermal property and oxidative stability, were characterized.Dependence of properties on the degree of grafting was investigated,too.
LI LinfanYU YangDENG BoYU MingXIE LeidongLI Jingye
