Disclosure of Invention
In view of the problems existing in the background art, the invention aims to provide an anion-cation irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid ion exchange membrane and a preparation method thereof, which are characterized in that the perfluorinated sulfonic acid fluororesin is subjected to high-efficiency and uniform anion-cation irradiation grafting modification, on one hand, a branched structure with a higher proportion is given to the perfluorinated sulfonic acid fluororesin, the crystallinity of the resin is reduced, the amorphous proportion is improved, the resin has stable fluidity and viscoelasticity in a processing temperature range, the processing and the forming are easier, and the amphoteric perfluorinated sulfonic acid ion exchange membrane with uniform thickness and smooth and flat surface is successfully prepared by an extrusion casting method; on the other hand, the anion-cation irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid ion exchange membrane prepared by the method has uniformly distributed grafted anions and cations, so that the anions maintain good conductivity of the membrane, the Donnan rejection effect of the cations reduces the permeation of vanadium ions, the barrier property of the vanadium ions is improved, and the comprehensive service performance of the vanadium battery membrane is greatly improved.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the invention provides a preparation method of cation-anion irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid ion exchange membrane, which comprises the following steps: (1) Fully mixing raw materials comprising perfluorosulfonic acid fluorine resin powder, an anionic modifier, a cationic modifier and a grafting auxiliary agent in a high-speed stirrer according to a proportion, drying to obtain mixed powder, drying the mixed powder, placing the mixed powder into a reaction kettle, heating to 95-100 ℃, discharging gas, filling inert gas, sealing, performing gamma ray irradiation, and cooling to room temperature at an irradiation dose of 2.5-3Mrad to obtain grafting mixed powder; (2) Extruding and granulating the grafting mixed powder in the step (1) by using an exhaust double-screw extruder, cooling and drying to obtain master batch; (3) Heating the master batch in the step (2) to 95-100 ℃ again, performing secondary gamma ray irradiation with the irradiation dose of 2.5-3.5Mrad, and cooling to room temperature to obtain an irradiation grafting master batch; (4) Putting the irradiation grafting master batch in the step (3) into a single screw extruder, carrying out melt extrusion casting to form a film, and cooling to obtain an anion-cation irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid resin film; (5) And (3) sequentially carrying out sodium modification and hydrogenation on the anion-cation irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid resin membrane in the step (4) to obtain the anion-cation irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid ion exchange membrane.
Optionally, the anionic modifier is one or a combination of styrene sulfonic acid, sodium styrene sulfonate and 3-propyl methacrylate sulfonate.
Optionally, the cationic modifier is one or a combination of dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, N- (4-vinylbenzyl) -N, N-dialkylamine, N-isopropylacrylamide, methacryloyloxyethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride and 1-allyl-3-vinylimidazole acetate.
Optionally, the grafting aid is para-fluorostyrene.
Optionally, the feedstock further comprises a solvent; the solvent is dichloroethane or toluene.
Optionally, the mass ratio of the perfluorosulfonic acid fluorine resin powder to the anionic modifier to the cationic modifier to the grafting auxiliary to the solvent is 100 (3-5): 5-8): 0.8-1.2: (10-20).
Optionally, the drying temperature in the step (1) is 90-100 ℃; the times of exhausting the gas and filling the inert gas are 3-5 times; the inert gas is nitrogen or argon.
Optionally, the vented twin screw extruder of step (2) and the single screw extruder of step (3) have screws, barrels and dies made of corrosion-resistant nickel-base alloy steel; the temperature of each section of the exhaust double-screw extruder is 275-295 ℃, and the temperature of a machine head is 280-285 ℃; the temperature of each section of the single screw extruder is 270-295 ℃, and the temperature of the machine head is 286-290 ℃.
Optionally, the sodium modification and hydrogenation of the step (5) are carried out, specifically, the anion-cation irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid resin membrane in the step (4) is sequentially subjected to sodium modification by Na0H methanol solution with the concentration of 25wt% and hydrogenation by hydrochloric acid solution with the concentration of 16wt%, and deionized water is used for cleaning and drying, thus obtaining the anion-cation irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid ion exchange membrane.
The invention also provides the cation-anion irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid ion exchange membrane prepared by the method.
The invention also provides application of the cation-anion irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid ion exchange membrane, which is used for vanadium batteries.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:
1. According to the application, the anionic modifier, the cationic modifier and the grafting auxiliary agent are uniformly distributed on the surface of the powder through the solvent, then the solvent is removed by drying, then the activated resin is irradiated by gamma rays under the protection of inert gas, the specific anionic and cationic modifier is grafted on the activated perfluorinated sulfonic acid fluororesin by the grafting auxiliary agent, the branching degree of the perfluorinated sulfonic acid fluororesin is improved, the perfluorinated sulfonic acid fluororesin keeps stable fluidity in the processing process, the shearing-thinning non-Newtonian fluid property is weakened, the proper viscoelasticity is provided, and the amphoteric perfluorinated sulfonic acid ion exchange membrane is convenient to prepare by extrusion casting processing.
2. The method can obtain the amphoteric perfluorinated sulfonic acid resin film with uniform film thickness and smooth surface, and the permeability of vanadium ions of the amphoteric perfluorinated sulfonic acid resin film is obviously reduced under the condition of keeping good conductivity.
Detailed Description
The following detailed description of the present invention will provide further details in order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, but the present invention may be practiced in other ways other than those described herein, and persons skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.
Raw materials: perfluorosulfonic acid fluoro resin powder, dupont; other raw materials are commercially available.
Example 1
(1) Fully mixing raw materials of perfluorosulfonic acid fluorine-type resin powder, sodium styryl sulfonate, dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate, p-fluorostyrene and dichloroethane in a high-speed stirrer according to a proportion, drying at 90 ℃ to obtain mixed powder, drying the mixed powder, placing the mixed powder in a reaction kettle, heating to 95 ℃, removing gas, filling nitrogen or argon for 3 times, sealing, radiating with gamma rays, and cooling to room temperature to obtain grafted mixed powder; the mass ratio of perfluorosulfonic acid fluorine resin powder to styryl sodium sulfonate to dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate to p-fluorostyrene to dichloroethane is 100:3:5:0.8:10;
(2) Extruding and granulating the grafting mixed powder in the step (1) by using an exhaust double-screw extruder, cooling and drying to obtain master batch; the vented twin screw extruder has a screw, barrel and die head made of corrosion resistant nickel-based alloy steel; the temperature of each section of the exhaust double-screw extruder is 290-295 ℃ and the temperature of the machine head is 285 ℃;
(3) Heating the master batch in the step (2) to 95 ℃ again, performing secondary gamma ray irradiation with the irradiation dose of 2.5Mrad, and cooling to room temperature to obtain an irradiation grafting master batch;
(4) Putting the irradiation grafting master batch in the step (3) into a single screw extruder, carrying out melt extrusion casting to form a film, and cooling to obtain an anion-cation irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid resin film; the single screw extruder has a screw, a barrel, and a die head made of a corrosion-resistant nickel-base alloy steel; the temperature of each section of the single screw extruder is 290-295 ℃ and the temperature of the machine head is 290 ℃;
(5) And (3) sequentially carrying out sodium treatment on the cation-anion irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid resin membrane in the step (4) by using a Na0H methanol solution with the concentration of 25wt% and hydrogenation by using a hydrochloric acid solution with the concentration of 16wt%, washing by using deionized water, and drying to obtain the cation-anion irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid ion exchange membrane.
Example 2
(1) Fully mixing perfluorosulfonic acid fluorine-type resin powder, methacrylic acid 3-sulfonic acid propyl ester, N-isopropyl acrylic acid amide, p-fluorostyrene and toluene in a high-speed stirrer according to a proportion, drying at 100 ℃ to obtain mixed powder, drying the mixed powder, placing the mixed powder into a reaction kettle, heating to 100 ℃, exhausting gas, filling nitrogen or argon for 5 times, sealing, radiating with gamma rays, radiating with the dose of 3Mrad, and cooling to room temperature to obtain grafted mixed powder; the mass ratio of perfluorosulfonic acid fluorine resin powder to methacrylic acid 3-sulfopropyl ester to N-isopropyl acrylamide to p-fluorostyrene to toluene is 100:5:8:1.2:20;
(2) Extruding and granulating the grafting mixed powder in the step (1) by using an exhaust double-screw extruder, cooling and drying to obtain master batch; the vented twin screw extruder has a screw, barrel and die head made of corrosion resistant nickel-based alloy steel; the temperature of each section of the exhaust double-screw extruder is 275-285 ℃ and the temperature of a machine head is 280 ℃;
(3) Heating the master batch in the step (2) to 100 ℃ again, performing secondary gamma ray irradiation with the irradiation dose of 3.5Mrad, and cooling to room temperature to obtain an irradiation grafting master batch;
(4) Putting the irradiation grafting master batch in the step (3) into a single screw extruder, carrying out melt extrusion, carrying out blow molding to form a film through a film blowing machine head, and cooling to obtain an anion-cation irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid resin film; the single screw extruder has a screw, a barrel, and a die head made of a corrosion-resistant nickel-base alloy steel; the temperature of each section of the single screw extruder is 270-288 ℃ and the temperature of the machine head is 286 ℃;
(5) And (3) sequentially carrying out sodium treatment on the cation-anion irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid resin membrane in the step (4) by using a Na0H methanol solution with the concentration of 25wt% and hydrogenation by using a hydrochloric acid solution with the concentration of 16wt%, washing by using deionized water, and drying to obtain the cation-anion irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid ion exchange membrane.
Example 3
(1) Fully mixing perfluorosulfonic acid fluorine-type resin powder, methacrylic acid 3-sulfonic acid propyl ester, 1-allyl-3-vinyl imidazole acetate, p-fluorostyrene and dichloroethane in a high-speed stirrer according to a proportion, drying at 95 ℃ to obtain mixed powder, drying the mixed powder, placing the mixed powder in a reaction kettle, heating to 98 ℃, exhausting gas, filling nitrogen or argon for 4 times, sealing, radiating with gamma rays, radiating with the dose of 2.8Mrad, and cooling to room temperature to obtain grafted mixed powder; the mass ratio of perfluorosulfonic acid fluorine resin powder to methacrylic acid 3-sulfonic acid propyl ester to 1-allyl-3-vinyl imidazole acetate to p-fluorostyrene to dichloroethane is 100:4:6.5:1:15;
(2) Extruding and granulating the grafting mixed powder in the step (1) by using an exhaust double-screw extruder, cooling and drying to obtain master batch; the vented twin screw extruder has a screw, barrel and die head made of corrosion resistant nickel-based alloy steel; the temperature of each section of the exhaust double-screw extruder is 280-290 ℃, and the temperature of a machine head is 283 ℃;
(3) Heating the master batch in the step (2) to 98 ℃ again, performing secondary gamma ray irradiation with the irradiation dose of 2.8Mrad, and cooling to room temperature to obtain an irradiation grafting master batch;
(4) Putting the irradiation grafting master batch in the step (3) into a single screw extruder, carrying out melt extrusion, carrying out blow molding to form a film through a film blowing machine head, and cooling to obtain an anion-cation irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid resin film; the single screw extruder has a screw, a barrel, and a die head made of a corrosion-resistant nickel-base alloy steel; the temperature of each section of the single-screw extruder is 285-290 ℃ and the temperature of a machine head is 288 ℃;
(5) And (3) sequentially carrying out sodium treatment on the cation-anion irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid resin membrane in the step (4) by using a Na0H methanol solution with the concentration of 25wt% and hydrogenation by using a hydrochloric acid solution with the concentration of 16wt%, washing by using deionized water, and drying to obtain the cation-anion irradiation grafting modified perfluorinated sulfonic acid ion exchange membrane.
Comparative example 1
The procedure of example 3 was repeated except that p-fluorostyrene was not added.
Performance testing
The properties of the example and comparative resins and films, respectively, were tested and the specific test data are shown in Table 1 below.
TABLE 1
| Test item |
Example 1 |
Example 2 |
Example 3 |
Comparative example 1 |
| Appearance of |
Smooth surface |
Smooth surface |
Smooth surface |
Micro roughness of surface |
| Thickness/um |
20±0.6 |
20±0.6 |
20±0.6 |
23±1 |
| Conductivity/mS/cm at 25 ℃ |
102.0 |
102.5 |
101.8 |
100.5 |
| Vanadium ion permeability/cm -2/cm |
0.75×10-7 |
0.82×10-7 |
0.71×10-7 |
1.3×10-7 |
As can be seen from the data of examples and comparative examples, the invention adopts the perfluorosulfonic acid fluororesin assisted by the para-fluorostyrene to carry out anion-cation irradiation grafting modification, so that the grafting rate of the perfluorosulfonic acid fluororesin is greatly improved, the viscoelasticity of the resin is further improved under the condition that the flow rate and the thermal stability of a branched structure are maintained, the processability is improved, the film product prepared by extrusion casting is flat and smooth, the thickness is thinner and more uniform, the dimensional stability is good, the conductivity retention rate of the perfluorosulfonic acid ion exchange film after sodium treatment and acidification treatment is high, the vanadium ion isolation effect is obviously improved, and the comprehensive performance requirements of practical use are met.
The above examples are given for clarity of illustration only and are not limiting of the embodiments. Other variations or modifications of the above teachings will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. It is not necessary here nor is it exhaustive of all embodiments. While still being apparent from variations or modifications that may be made by those skilled in the art are within the scope of the invention.