WO2016135215A1 - Composition comprenant un polymère fluoré échangeur d'ions - Google Patents

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WO2016135215A1
WO2016135215A1 PCT/EP2016/053911 EP2016053911W WO2016135215A1 WO 2016135215 A1 WO2016135215 A1 WO 2016135215A1 EP 2016053911 W EP2016053911 W EP 2016053911W WO 2016135215 A1 WO2016135215 A1 WO 2016135215A1
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  • composition comprising an ion-exchange fluorinated polymer
  • the present invention provides a liquid composition comprising a solvent medium and an ion-exchange polymer, a solid support at least partially impregnated with said composition and an article comprising said solid support.
  • Perfluorinated ionomers are derived from melt-processable precursor polymers that are obtained by copolymerization of tetrafluoroethylene and a perfluorinated vinyl ether containing a sulfonyl halide (e.g. SO 2 F) and/or a carboxylic or sulfonic acid functional group.
  • a sulfonyl halide e.g. SO 2 F
  • Perfluorinated ionomers find applications in several fields, ranging from fuel cells, batteries, filters for purification of water or of gases and heterogeneous catalysis.
  • membranes produced directly from perfluorinated ionomers tend to have poor mechanical properties.
  • Membranes comprising perfluorinated ionomers on an inert and mechanically resistant support are highly desirable, also because they are thinner and lighter than cast membranes and may have a relevant ionic conductivity in a through-plane direction, however no method is available to produce such reinforced membranes using anion-exchange perfluoroionomers.
  • Perfluoroionomers bearing a quaternary ammonium group covalently bonded to the side chain are known e.g. from EP 166015 A (TOYO SODA MANUFACTURING) 02/01/1986 , EP 1612874 A (SOLVAY SA) 04/01/2006 and JP 62-161867 A (TOYO SODA MANUFACTURING LTD) 17/07/1987 .
  • WO 2012/098146 A (SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.) 26/07/2012 discloses liquid compositions comprising a fluorinated anion exchange polymer having a concentration of the fluorinated anion exchange polymer suitable to be employed for the preparation of films, membranes and electrode layers by casting or coating techniques, wherein the liquid composition comprises an aprotic organic solvent and less than 25 wt%, based on the total weight of the composition, of an alcohol.
  • compositions of WO2012/098146 are suitable for preparing membranes by casting the liquid compositions in a film-forming layer over an inert, non-porous support, such as plain glass, they are not appropriate for the preparation of reinforced membranes via impregnation process.
  • an inert support such as fluorinated and non-fluorinated porous polymeric layer
  • SEM scanning electron microscopy
  • a liquid composition comprising the following: a) 1 to 40% in weight with respect to the total weight of the composition of at least one fluorinated anion exchange polymer (P) comprising a fluorocarbon backbone and side-chains, that are covalently attached to the backbone and bear terminal groups of formula (I): -SO 2 NRQ + X - (I); wherein Q + is a group comprising at least one quaternary nitrogen atom, R is H or a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group, or forms a ring together with a group in Q + , wherein the ring contains 3 to 10 carbon atoms and, optionally, 1 to 4 heteroatoms, and X - is an anion; b) a solvent mixture comprising: i.
  • an alcohol selected from the group consisting of isopropanol, a C 4 -C 8 linear or branched alkanol, a C 2 -C 6 fluoroalkanol, or mixtures thereof; ii. a polar aprotic organic solvent; wherein the weight ratio of components i. and ii. in the solvent mixture b) is from 0.75:1 to 1:1, the sum of component a) and b) is at least 95% in weight with respect to the total weight of the composition.
  • a method for manufacturing an impregnated solid support comprising the step of: i. providing a solid support ; ii. impregnating, at least partially, the solid support with a liquid composition comprising: a) 1 to 40% in weight with respect to the total weight of the composition of at least one fluorinated anion exchange polymer (P) comprising a fluorocarbon backbone and side-chains, that are covalently attached to the backbone and bear terminal groups of formula (I): -SO 2 NRQ + X - (I); wherein Q + is a group comprising at least one quaternary nitrogen atom, R is H or a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group, or forms a ring together with a group in Q + , wherein the ring contains 3 to 10 carbon atoms and, optionally, 1 to 4 heteroatoms, and X - is an anion; b) a solvent mixture comprising: i.
  • an alcohol selected from the group consisting of isopropanol, a C 4 -C 8 linear or branched alkanol, a C 2 -C 6 fluoroalkanol, or mixtures thereof; ii. a polar aprotic organic solvent; wherein the weight ratio of components i. and ii. in the solvent mixture b) is from 0.75:1 to 1:1, the sum of component a) and b) is at least 95% in weight with respect to the total weight of the composition.
  • the method according to the invention comprises the additional step:
  • step iv. annealing and consolidation of the polymer to the support by heating the composition of step iii.
  • the present invention also provides a composition
  • a composition comprising a solid support at least partially impregnated with at least one fluorinated anion exchange polymer (P) comprising a fluorocarbon backbone and side-chains covalently attached to the backbone having terminal groups of formula (I): -SO 2 NR 1 Q + X - , wherein Q + is a group comprising at least one quaternary nitrogen atom, and R 1 is H or a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group, or forms a ring together with a group in Q + , wherein the ring contains 2 to 10 carbon atoms and, optionally, 1 to 4 heteroatoms, and X - is an anion, that is obtainable by the method as defined above.
  • P fluorinated anion exchange polymer
  • the present invention also provides an article comprising said at least partially impregnated solid support.
  • solid support and “membrane” indicates a porous composition, generally in the shape of a thin film, having pores or non-linear channels that can act as a selective barrier towards certain chemical species on the basis of their sizes or chemical properties.
  • the amount of a component in a composition is indicated as the ratio between the weight of the component and the total weight of the composition multiplied by 100 (also: “wt%”).
  • liquid composition comprising a solvent indicates a free-flowing (i.e. homogeneous) mixture comprising a liquid medium and a polymer, that is at least partially dissolved in said liquid medium.
  • the composition according to the present invention has a viscosity such that it can move smoothly, at least at a temperature above 0°C, and impregnate at least partially a structure such as a porous membrane.
  • the composition according to the invention can be a solution or a suspension, according to the common meaning of these terms as familiar to the person skilled in the art, that designate homogeneous, i.e. single phase, compositions.
  • biphasic compositions such as those formed by a liquid phase and a solid phase, are not within the definition of liquid composition.
  • the term “impregnated” indicates a membrane wherein at least one part of the membrane structure is at least partially filled with polymer (P), which adheres firmly to the membrane structure, so that adhesion is maintained during use of the membrane under normal operation conditions.
  • coating of the membrane can be in place on the whole structure of the membrane, i.e. internally and externally.
  • fully impregnated supports are occlusive, meaning that the interior volume of the porous membrane is filled with the fluorinated anion exchange polymer to the degree that the final product is essentially impermeable to air, i.e. its Gurley number is greater than 10000 seconds.
  • the Gurley test is a standard test used to measure airflow of low flowing media and the Gurley number is the time in seconds needed for 100 cc of air to pass through a circular area of one-square inch (6.45 square cm) of membrane when a constant pressure of 4.88 inches of water is applied (e.g. via method ISO 5636-5:2003 or TAPPI T 440, and suitable modifications thereof as in WO 2009/063067 A (DSM IP ASSETS BV) , Knauf, G. H., and Doshi, M. R., "Calculation of Aerodynamic Porosity, Specific Surface Area, and Specific Volume from Gurley Seconds Measurements," Proc. TAPPI 1986 Intl. Process and Materials Quality Eval. Conf., 33 1986).
  • a partially impregnated support is a porous support that is permeable to air, i.e. wherein at least part of the pores are not occluded by the fluorinated anion exchange polymer.
  • the Gurley numbers of the partially impregnated supports of the present invention are at least 20% greater than the Gurley numbers of the respective support prior to the impregnation treatment, preferably 50%, 100%, 200% or 500% greater.
  • the minimum pore size of the solid support prior to the impregnation process is 50 nm, preferably 70 nm, more preferably 100 nmm, most preferably 200 nm.
  • liquid compositions comprising an anion exchange polymer as described above are stable and can effectively impregnate an inert support to provide a reinforced and thin membrane with improved mechanical properties and good in-plane and through-plane ionic conductivity, in addition to excellent chemical and thermal resistance.
  • compositions comprising aprotic polar solvents with a low amount of alcohols i.e. lower than 25% in weight based on the total weight of the composition are stable, in that precipitation of the anion-exchange polymer is not observed, however little or no impregnation of the inert support is obtained using such liquid compositions.
  • compositions comprising certain alcohols and polar solvents in specific ratios could yield up to complete impregnation of the inert supports.
  • the amount of alcohol (i) is higher than 25% in weight based on the total weight of the composition.
  • the total weight of alcohol (i.) based on the total weight of the composition is above 25.5%, more preferably above 26% or above 27% and even more preferably above 30%.
  • the weight of polymer (P) with respect to the total weight of the composition is from 5 to 35%, more preferably from 10 to 30%, even more preferably from 15 to 25% or 20%.
  • Varying the ratio of solvents in mixture can influence the impregnation process.
  • a low amount of alcohol in solution prevents the impregnation of ePTFE.
  • An excess of alcohol may cause the precipitation of the polymer. It was found that the optimum weight ratio of the dispersion for impregnation of the support, for example, but not limited to, ePTFE, is from 0.75:1 to 1:1.
  • the weight ratio of alcohol: polar solvent is from 0.8:1 to 0.95:1, more preferably from 0.85:1 to 0:9:1
  • No impregnation was observed using a liquid composition containing 10.5% in weight of anion-exchange ionomer and a mixture of an alcohol and DMA in weight ratios from 1:10 to 3:5
  • the introduction of a third solvent in the mixture may be possible.
  • the obtained dispersion is quite stable, however it was found that the impregnation was not possible in the presence of as little as 5% in weight, based on the total weight of the composition, of water, ethanol or methanol as an additional solvent.
  • the composition according to the invention comprises below 5%, preferably below 2.5% or below 1% or below 0.01% in weight based on the total weight of the composition, or water, ethanol or methanol.
  • the sum of component a) and b) is at least 98%, more preferably at least 99% or at least 99.5% in weight with respect to the total weight of the composition.
  • the polar aprotic solvent ii. is selected from the group consisting of dimethylformamide (DMF, dimethylacetamide (DMA), N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and mixtures thereof.
  • DMF dimethylformamide
  • DMA dimethylacetamide
  • NMP N-methylpyrrolidone
  • DMSO dimethyl sulfoxide
  • the alcohol i. is n-butanol, isopropanol, 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol or mixtures thereof.
  • the weight ratio of (i):(ii) is lower than 1:1 when i. is isopropanol and ii. is DMF.
  • the fluorinated backbone of the fluorinated anion exchange polymer (P) is a linear random polymer chain comprising a plurality of repeating units represented by the formula (II): -(CF 2 -CFR F ) p -(CF 2 -CFR S ) q - (II) wherein R F is F, Cl, -CF 3 ; p is an integer of 0 to 16, q is an integer of 1 to 10 and the ratio of p’/q’ is in the range 0.5 to 16 where p’ is an average value of all p values in the repeating units and q’ is an average value of all q values in the repeating units and R S is the covalently attached side-chain.
  • the fluorinated anion exchange polymers (P) comprises repeating units represented by formula (III) wherein R F is selected from F, Cl, -CF 3 ; R’ F is selected from F, Cl, -CF 3 ; m is an integer equal to 0 or 1, n is an integer from 0 to 10; R 1 , Q + and X - are as defined in claim 1, provided that m and n are not simultaneously 0.
  • each Y can be a C 6 -C 10 aryl group, a heteroaryl group or CR 7 R 8 wherein R 7 is H, a halogen atom or a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group or forms a ring together with one of R 2 , R 5 , or R 8 , and R 8 is H, a halogen atom or a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group or forms a ring together with one of R 3 , R 6 , or R 7 , each of the rings formed by R 7 or R 8 containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms and optionally 1 to 4 heteroatoms, and the heteroaryl group contains 5 to 10 ring atoms; each R 1 can be H or a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group, or forms a ring together with one of R 2 or R 5 , wherein the ring contains 2 to 10 carbon carbon
  • Suitable organic anions X - may be selected from the group consisting of R A1 SO 3 - , wherein R A1 is a C 1 -C 20 linear or branched, optionally fluorinated, alkyl or a substituted or non-substituted aryl group, and of R A2 COO - , wherein R A2 is a C 1 -C 20 linear or branched, optionally fluorinated, alkyl or a substituted or non-substituted aryl group.
  • R A1 is preferably selected from the group of the substituted or non-substituted aryl groups. More preferably R A1 is p -(CH 3 )C 6 H 4 - (tosylate anion).
  • R A2 is preferably selected from C 1 -C 12 , more preferably C 1 -C 6 , linear or branched fluorinated alkyl groups.
  • the Hofmeister series is conventionally taken as a measure of the lipophilic affinity of inorganic anions.
  • a non-exhaustive version of the Hofmeister series is: CO 3 2- ⁇ SO 4 2- ⁇ S 2 O 3 2- ⁇ H 2 PO 4 - ⁇ F - ⁇ Cl - ⁇ Br - ⁇ NO 3 - ⁇ I - ⁇ ClO 4 - ⁇ SCN - (from the less to the most lipophilic).
  • lipophilic inorganic anion is used to refer to inorganic anions which are to the right of Cl - , preferably to the right of Br - , in a Hofmeister series of anions.
  • lipophilic inorganic anions are I - , ClO 4 - , SCN - , NO 3 - .
  • X - is selected from I - or NO 3 - . More preferably X - is NO 3 - .
  • X - is selected from the group consisting of NO 3 - and R A1 SO 3 - wherein R A1 is selected from the group of the substituted or non-substituted aryl groups, preferably R A1 is p -(CH 3 )C 6 H 4 - .
  • the present invention provides a method for manufacturing an at least partially impregnated solid support comprising the step of: i. providing a solid support; ii. impregnating, at least partially, the solid support with a liquid composition as defined above, and iii. removing the solvent.
  • the method of the invention comprises the additional step: iv. annealing the impregnated solid support obtained in step iii. by heating at high temperature
  • the present invention entails a composition comprising an organic membrane impregnated with at least one fluorinated anion exchange polymer (P) comprising a fluorocarbon backbone and side-chains covalently attached to the backbone having terminal groups of formula (I): -SO 2 NR 1 Q + X - , wherein Q + is a group comprising at least one quaternary nitrogen atom, and R 1 is H or a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group, or forms a ring together with a group in Q + , wherein the ring contains 2 to 10 carbon atoms and, optionally, 1 to 4 heteroatoms, and X - is an anion, that is obtainable by the method as described above.
  • the support is an organic membrane or an inorganic support. More preferably, the organic membrane is one of a fluoropolymer membrane, a polypropylene membrane, a polyamide membrane, a PEEK membrane or a polyethylene membrane. More preferably, the inorganic support is one of a glass fibers support, a ceramic support or an alumina support.
  • the fluoropolymer membrane is a PFTE membrane, preferably a biaxially-expanded PTFE membrane (ePTFE).
  • the fluorinated backbone of the fluorinated anion exchange polymer (P) is a linear random polymer chain comprising repeating units represented by the formula (II): -(CF 2 -CFR F ) p -(CF 2 -CFR S ) q - (II) wherein R F is F, Cl, -CF 3 ; p is an integer of 0 to 16, q is an integer of 1 to 10 and the ratio of p’/q’ is in the range 0.5 to 16 where p’ is an average value of all p values in the repeating units and q’ is an average value of all q values in the repeating units and R S is the covalently attached side-chain.
  • the fluorinated anion exchange polymer (P) comprises repeating units represented by formula (III): wherein R F is selected from F, Cl, -CF 3 ; R’ F is selected from F, Cl, -CF 3 ; m is an integer equal to 0 or 1, n is an integer from 0 to 10; R 1 , Q + and X - are as defined in claim 1.
  • the group of formula (I) has the following structure: wherein, independently from each other, each Y can be a C 6 -C 10 aryl group, a heteroaryl group or CR 7 R 8 wherein R 7 is H, a halogen atom or a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group or forms a ring together with one of R 2 , R 5 , or R 8 , and R 8 is H, a halogen atom or a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group or forms a ring together with one of R 3 , R 6 , or R 7 , each of the rings formed by R 7 or R 8 containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms and optionally 1 to 4 heteroatoms, and the heteroaryl group contains 5 to 10 ring atoms; each R 1 can be H or a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group, or forms a ring together with one of R 2 or R 5 , wherein the ring contains 2 to 10 carbon carbon
  • the equivalent weight of the at least partially impregnated support is advantageously less than 1000 g/eq, preferably less than 900 g/eq more preferably less than 800 g/eq, even more preferably less than 700 g/eq.
  • the equivalent weight of the at least partially impregnated support is advantageously at least 400 g/eq, preferably at least 450 g/eq, more preferably at least 500 g/eq.
  • the membrane obtained via the method of the present invention have thickness between 10 and 60 micrometers, preferably from 12 to 30 micrometers.
  • the liquid composition of the present invention is used as a binder for the preparation of electrodes.
  • the present invention provides an article comprising the solid support as described above.
  • the at least partially impregnated support of the present invention can be advantageously used in the manufacturing of membrane-electrode assemblies for fuel cells, batteries, electrolyzers, as separators for electrodialysis, batteries, selective membrane for separation, desalification, ion purification, ion exchange, electrolysis, filtering elements for water or gases and purification of waste water.
  • the polymer prepared according to the procedure of WO2012/048196 in Tosylate (Tos-) form was dissolved in a mixture of polar (n-butanol) and non-polar solvent (DMA) in a 0.75:1 weight ratio respectively.
  • a ePTFE (expanded PTFE) support film is preliminarily extended on a plastic frame in order to avoid wrinkling.
  • the polymer solution is poured into the frame on both sides.
  • the solvent is then evaporated at high temperature for complete removal and annealing.
  • Complete impregnation (a transparent membrane is obtained after impregnation) was obtained only with liquid compositions having polymer content higher than 5%wt.
  • Membranes having thickness ranging from 12 to 50 micrometers were obtained varying the dry polymer content in the solution from 10 to 30% of polymer content.
  • Similar membranes were obtained using as support, instead of ePTFE, different PP supports such as Polypropylene-PP(e.g. Viledon ® by Freudenberg ), monolayer polypropylene (e.g. supplied by Celgard), biaxially-oriented polypropylene (e.g. Treopore ® by Treofan), polyethylene-PE (e.g. supplied by Toray ® ), Polyamide (PA), 10 microns pores (Nylon net Millipore ® )
  • Polypropylene-PP e.g. Viledon ® by Freudenberg
  • monolayer polypropylene e.g. supplied by Celgard
  • biaxially-oriented polypropylene e.g. Treopore ® by Treofan
  • polyethylene-PE e.g. supplied by Toray ®
  • Polyamide (PA) Polyamide
  • 10 microns pores Naylon net Millipore ®
  • the composite membranes Prior to conductivity measurements, the composite membranes were allowed to soak in hydroalcoholic solution (NaOH 0.5M H 2 O:EtOH (1:1)) for 4 hours to exchange Tosylate groups with –OH groups.
  • hydroalcoholic solution NaOH 0.5M H 2 O:EtOH (1:1)
  • the conductivity of anionic reinforced membrane according to the invention in the OH - form at different temperature was compared to that of the cast one and to that of commercially available anion exchange membranes, all in OH - form.
  • reinforced Tokuyama membrane AHAA-0235 and Morgane ® ADP membrane (Solvay S.A.) and Fumatech FAA-3-PK130 were used as comparative membranes.
  • Table 1 Table 1 Type of membrane Thickness (micro- meters) Conductivity in plane (mS/cm) Conductivity through plane (mS/cm) Cast 60 85 48 Reinforced 30 73 33 Tokuyama AHAA-0235 260 34 51 Fumatech FAA-3-PK-130 170 50 60 Morgane ADP 175 92 49
  • Cast cast membrane, no support (comparative example according to WO2012098146)
  • Reinforced reinforced membrane ( ePTFE) according to the invention.
  • the reinforced anionic membrane according to the invention showed a 15% loss in conductivity (in-plane and through plane) with respect to cast one, likely due to the presence of PTFE.
  • Tokuyama and Fumatech PEEK-reinforced membrane showed different conductivity behaviour compared to reinforced anionic membrane obtained in the following invention. Without wishing to be bound by theory, this is likely due to differences in the structure support of the two membranes, i.e. porous PTFE compared to mesh PEEK support.
  • the conductivity obtained on the reinforced anionic membrane is in the range of commercially available membrane.
  • the lower thickness of the reinforced membrane produced (30 microns) in the following invention would compensate the lower specific conductivity by decreasing the conductivity per area unit and it is expected to yield better performance in energy devices .

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La présente invention concerne une composition liquide comprenant un solvant et un polymère fluoré échangeur d'ions, un support solide au moins partiellement imprégné avec ladite composition et un article comprenant ledit support.
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