Ion-Containing Polymer Materials for Separations and Energy Devices
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 December 2021) | Viewed by 3844
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Interests: polymer synthesis; characterization and physics; self-assembly of hierarchical soft matter; semiconducting polymers; polymeric membranes; in situ reaction kinetics and transport monitoring
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Dear Colleagues,
Polymer materials are critically important to our built environment and the modern technologies (and conveniences) that we enjoy today. While, historically, polymer materials have found abundant use due to their low expense, light weight, and mechanical strength, the emergence of new societal requirements such as energy efficient separations and energy generation, storage, and conversion has led to new demands on polymer materials.
In particular, ion-containing polymers have received increased and significant attention, due to their integral importance in a variety of applications, both old and emerging, including desalination and other separations, as well as in energy devices such as electrolyzers, fuel cells, and redox flow batteries. Polymer synthesis has been aimed at controlling the inclusion of anion or cation exchange moieties, local structure, and free volume element characteristics, as well as other physiochemical properties such as hydrophilicity, swelling behavior, and mechanical robustness. Critically, the development of new ion-containing polymers as well as improved fundamental understanding of the relationships between polymer chemistry and structure and the resulting physiochemical and transport properties is necessary to achieve breakthroughs in performance metrics across various applications.
The aim of this Special Issue is to discuss the synthesis, fundamental physiochemical properties, behaviors, and applications of ion-conducting polymers. Authors are invited to submit original papers detailing their latest results focused on one or all of these areas as well as reviews on these topics.
Prof. Dr. Bryan Beckingham
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ionic polymer
- polyelectrolyte
- anion exchange
- cation exchange
- polymer membrane
- electrolyzer
- fuel cells
- flow battery
- ion transport
- separations
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