화학공학소재연구정보센터
Polymer Bulletin, Vol.74, No.3, 895-909, 2017
Sulfonated polyimide copolymers based on 4,4'-diaminostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid and 3,5,3',5'-tetramethylbenzidine with enhanced solubility
A new series of six-membered ring sulfonated polyimides with different combinations of two comonomers in the nonsulfonated diamine was prepared by one-step high-temperature polycondensation in m-cresol to improve the solubility of the resulting sulfonated polyimides. They are based on 1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxylic dianhydride, 4,4'-diaminostilbene-2,2-disulfonic acid sulfonated diamine, and equimolar mixture of 3,5,3',5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) and 4,4'-oxydianiline, bis(4-aminophenyl)methane, or bis(4-(aminophenoxy)-4-phenyl)isopropylidene nonsulfonated diamines. The introduction of TMB comonomer in the nonsulfonated diamine resulted in a remarkable improvement in the solubility of the resulting polyimides in comparison with the corresponding single-monomer nonsulfonated diamine polyimides. Flexible, transparent, and tough membranes were prepared by solution casting method from the different polyimides. The membranes were characterized with FTIR and H-1-NMR spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, water uptake, and ion-exchange capacity measurements. They exhibit high thermal stability and good correlation between the ion-exchange capacity and water uptake values.