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Development and Research on Ion-Conducting Membranes Based on Cross-Linked Polyvinyl Alcohol

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Membranes based on polyvinyl alcohol crosslinked with furfural, both unmodified and modified with aminosulfonic acid with and without tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), and membranes not crosslinked with furfural but modified with aminosulfonic acid are obtained and studied. The composition, surface morphology, degree of swelling in water, and specific electrical conductivity are studied. It is found that an electrolytic membrane based on polyvinyl alcohol crosslinked with furfural modified with tetraethoxysilane and aminosulfonic acid has the highest specific electrical conductivity (2.35 × 10–2 S/cm at a temperature of 95°С) and a wider range of temperature stability (20–160°С) in comparison with other obtained membranes based on polyvinyl alcohol and the reference membrane Nafion-115. It is determined that the degree of swelling of the developed membranes is rather high in comparison with the reference membrane Nafion-115.

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The study was carried out under the state task of the Institute of Silicate Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, and was partly financed by President of the Russian Federation grant no. SP-2094.2019 for young scientists and graduate students carrying out promising research and development in priority areas for modernizing the Russian economy for 2019–2021.

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  1. Grebenshchikov Institute of Silicate Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    O. S. Lyozova, O. A. Zagrebelny, E. L. Krasnopeeva, O. A. Shilova & A. G. Ivanova

  2. Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199004, St. Petersburg, Russia

    E. L. Krasnopeeva

  3. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    A. S. Baranchikov

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Lyozova, O.S., Zagrebelny, O.A., Krasnopeeva, E.L. et al. Development and Research on Ion-Conducting Membranes Based on Cross-Linked Polyvinyl Alcohol. Glass Phys Chem 47, 173–180 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1087659621020061

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