Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (11): 2145.

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Synthesis and Characterization of Thermally Stable Sulfonated Polybenzimidazoles

QING Sheng-Bo, HUANG Wei, YAN De-Yue   

  1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Technology,Shanghai Jiaotong University,Shanghai 200240,China
  • Received:2004-12-14 Online:2005-11-10 Published:2005-11-10

Abstract: A series of sulfonated polybenzimidazoles(sPBI-IE) with various sulfonation levels was synthesized from 5-sulfoisophthalic acid monosodium salt,4,4'-dicarboxydiphenyl ether and 3,3'-diaminobenzidine by solution copolycondensation in poly(phosphoric acid).The resulting polymers with good solubilities in DMF,DMSO and DMAc were characterized by FTIR,1H NMR,GPC and TGA.The number average molecular weights of the sodium salt form sPBI-IE are 41 300—46 900,and the polydispersity indices are in the range of 2.15—2.54.The synthesized sPBI-IE presents excellent thermal stabilities,the onset decomposition temperature and the 5% and 10% weight loss temperatures are higher than 513, 573 and 597 ℃,respectively.

Key words: Polybenzimidazole, Sulfonation, Poly(phosphoric acid), Proton exchange membrane

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