%0 Journal Article
%T Electrodialytic Transport Properties of Anion-Exchange Membranes Prepared from Poly(vinyl alcohol) and Poly(vinyl alcohol-co-methacryloyl aminopropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride)
%A Atsushi Jikihara
%A Reina Ohashi
%A Yuriko Kakihana
%A Mitsuru Higa
%A Kenichi Kobayashi
%J Membranes
%D 2013
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/membranes3010001
%X Random-type anion-exchange membranes (AEMs) have been prepared by blending poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and the random copolymer-type polycation, poly(vinyl alcohol- co-methacryloyl aminopropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride) at various molar percentages of anion-exchange groups to vinyl alcohol groups, C pc, and by cross-linking the PVA chains with glutaraldehyde (GA) solution at various GA concentrations, C GA. The characteristics of the random-type AEMs were compared with blend-type AEMs prepared in our previous study. At equal molar percentages of the anion exchange groups, the water content of the random-type AEMs was lower than that of the blend-type AEMs. The effective charge density of the random-type AEMs increased with increasing C pc and reached a maximum value. Further, the maximum value of the effective charge density increased with increasing C GA. The maximum value of the effective charge density, 0.42 mol/dm 3, was obtained for the random-type AEM with C pc = 4.2 mol % and C GA = 0.15 vol %. A comparison of the random-type and blend-type AEMs with almost the same C pc showed that the random-type AEMs had lower membrane resistance than the blend-type ones. The membrane resistance and dynamic transport number of the random-type AEM with C pc = 6.0 mol % and C GA = 0.15 vol % were 4.8 ¦¸ cm 2 and 0.83, respectively.
%K anion-exchange membrane
%K poly(vinyl alcohol-co-methacryloyl aminopropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride)
%K poly(vinyl alcohol)
%K water content
%K charge density
%K membrane resistance
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/3/1/1