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The effective permselective pervaporation of alcohol is one of key technology for bio-alcohol industrial production. In this work, a new polydimethylsiloxane-block-polyphenylene oxide (PDMS-b-PPO) copolymer was first synthesized by a bridge reagent technique. Based on the copolymer structure confirmation, the asymmetric PDMS-b-PPO membrane was subsequently prepared by phase-inversion method in order to improve the anti-swelling capacity of PDMS. SEM observation indicated that the morphology of as-prepared membrane exhibited a 'non-perforated' structure, resulting from the phase-inversion and micro-phase separation of the PDMS-b-PPO copolymer in the membrane forming process. Furthermore, the structure changes of the membranes with different ratio of PDMS to PPO were investigated. This non-perforated structure in the membrane favored to reduce the diffusion resistance, together with the affinity of PDMS segment to alcohol during pervaporation process. Thus, the prepared PDMS-b-PPO membrane showed dramatically increased flux, in pervaporation separation of alcohol/water mixture. The flux of the PDMS-b-PPO membrane (PDMS content of 42.4%) can reach 3816.8 g/(m(2).h), along with 8.53 of separation factor in pervaporation of 5 wt% alcohol/water mixture (60 degrees C). This work may provide a new strategy to design and fabricate new copolymer membranes for improving alcohol permselective pervaporation.
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EXPRESS POLYMER LETTERS
ISSN: 1788-618X
Year: 2015
Issue: 4
Volume: 9
Page: 372-383
3 . 3 0 0
JCR@2022
ESI Discipline: CHEMISTRY;
ESI HC Threshold:253
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:3
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WoS CC Cited Count: 8
SCOPUS Cited Count: 9
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30 Days PV: 6