Medžiagotyra (Nov 2021)

A Study of Osmosis Rate Through Several Proton Conducting Polymer Composite Membranes

  • Reinis KAPARKALĒJS,
  • Einārs SPRŪĢIS,
  • Guntars VAIVARS

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5755/j02.ms.27892
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 4
pp. 466 – 469

Abstract

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Carbon dioxide is typically considered to be a byproduct of various industrial processes that should not be released into the environment due to its nature as a harmful greenhouse gas. One of the more promising ways to dispose of it in an economical and environmentally friendly way is by using it as a raw material in electrochemical synthesis reactors. An important part of such reactors is an ion exchange membrane. In this study the influence of ZrO2 content in SPEEK – ZrO2 composite membranes on rate of osmosis trough them was investigated, with the goal of evaluating ZrO2 as an additive for making ion exchange membranes with fine-tuned osmotic permeability.

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