Sulfonated polyethylene-styrene cation exchange membrane: A potential separator material in vanadium redox flow battery application

We report on the synthesis and characterization of polyethylene-styrene-divinylbenzene-based interpolymer cation exchange membrane (ICEM) and its applicability as a separator in vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB). ICEM preparation involved radical...

Study of the influence of the parameters of the preparation process on the structure of a highly porous copolymer of styrene and divinylbenzene

The effect of polymerization parameters and drying temperature on the structure of a porous styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer obtained on the basis of highly concentrated emulsions was investigated. The structure of this material consisted of two types of pores: voids with an average size of 3.5±0.3 μm and holes in the pore walls with an average size of 0.7±0.2 μm. It was determined that both in materially initiated and radiation polymerization, porous copolymers of styrene and divinylbenzene with the same structure are formed.

The Synthesis of Glycerol Carbonate from Glycerol and Dimethyl Carbonate in the Presence of Strongly Basic Anion-Exchange Styrene-Divinylbenzene Anionites Dowex

The synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol and dimethyl carbonate in the presence of strongly basic styrene-divinylbenzene anionites Dowex 1×2, Dowex 1×4 and Dowex 1×8 in the –OH form with different cross-linking degree of polystyrene matrix (the divinylbenzene content of 2, 4 and 8 wt.%) at 90–105 °C and a dimethyl carbonate/glycerol molar ratio equal to 2 was studied. The yield of glycerol carbonate was shown to decrease with an increase in the cross-linking degree of the anion-exchange resin. The maximum conversion of glycerol (95 %) and selectivity to glycerol carbonate (45.5 %) were observed in the presence of Dowex 1×2 at 105 °C after 5 h of the reaction. Advantages of the studied systems were demonstrated in comparison with the anion-exchange and cationexchange resins proposed in the literature.

Effect of adding dodecanol as modifier to N,N,N′,N′-tetra-n-hexyl-3,6-dithiaoctane-1,8-diamide silica-based adsorbent on the adsorption behaviors of platinum-group metals and other metals from simulated high-level liquid waste

To adsorb and separate platinum-group metals efficiently from simulated high-level liquid waste, two adsorbents, N,N,N′,N′-tetra-n-hexyl-3,6-dithiaoctane-1,8-diamide (THDTODA)/SiO2-P and (THDTODA + dodecanol)/SiO2-P, were prepared by impregnation of THDTODA with or without dodecanol into macroporous silica/styrene–divinylbenzene copolymer composite particles SiO2-P. The effect of the addition of dodecanol to THDTODA fixed silica-based adsorbents on the separation of platinum-group metals and other metals was evaluated by batch adsorption and chromatographic separation experiments. THDTODA/SiO2-P adsorbed Ru(III) and Rh(III) more than (THDTODA + dodecanol)/SiO2-P did in concentrated HNO3 solution. From the calculated thermodynamic parameters, dodecanol was considered to have little effect on the temperature dependence of the adsorptions of Ru(III), Zr(IV), Mo(VI), and Re(VII) onto the THDTODA adsorbents. Furthermore, in the results of column chromatography experiments, the effects of dodecanol addition on the separation properties were observed for Ru(III), Zr(IV), and Mo(VI), but little effect was observed for Pd(II) and Re(VII).