The conductivity behavior of ionomers and ionic liquids in non-aqueous solvents was studied. Ionic liquids (BMIM-PF6 and EMIM-TF) were dissolved in polar (DMF) and non-polar (THF) solvents and solution conductivity was measured. When dissolved in a polar solvent, ionic groups in ionic liquids stayed as electrolytes, which resulted in the high conductivity of the solution in DMF. The conductivity measurement was also carried out on the systems of polymers (SPS-Na ionomer, PS, and PMMA) and an ionic liquid (BMIM-PF6) dissolved in DMF and THF, respectively. Regardless of the types of polymers, all the solutions in DMF showed the same conductivity, which was identical to that of the pure ionic liquid in DMF. However, when the solvent was switched to THF, the conductivity of the solution containing both ionic liquid and ionomer was negligible compared to the other solutions. This change in conductivity was due to the aggregation between ionomer and ionic liquid in a non-polar solvent (THF). In order to further investigate the effect of the solvent polarity on the solution conductivity with both ionic liquid and ionomer, ionomer was dissolved in a series of DMF/THF solvent mixtures and the ionic liquid was added. At the same concentration of the ionic liquid, the solution conductivity increased with increasing the content of DMF. This phenomenon suggests that the ionic groups tend to dissociate in the high-polarity solvent and associate in the low-polarity solvent.
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Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
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Electric conductivity
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Ionic solutions
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M.S.
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by Yexuan Lu
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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