Abstract

AbstractNovel sulfonated diamines bearing aromatic pendant groups, namely, 3,5‐diamino‐3′‐sulfo‐4′‐(4‐sulfophenoxy) benzophenone (DASSPB) and 3,5‐diamino‐3′‐sulfo‐4′‐(2,4‐disulfophenoxy) benzophenone (DASDSPB), were successfully synthesized. Novel side‐chain‐type sulfonated (co)polyimides (SPIs) were synthesized from these two diamines, 1,4,5,8‐naphthalene tetracarboxylic dianhydride (NTDA) and nonsulfonated diamines such as 4,4′‐bis(3‐aminophenoxy) phenyl sulfone (BAPPS). Tough and transparent membranes of SPIs with ion exchange capacity of 1.5–2.9 meq g−1 were prepared. They showed good solubility and high thermal stability up to 300 °C. They showed isotropic membrane swelling in water, which was different from the main‐chain‐type and sulfoalkoxy‐based side‐chain‐type SPIs. The relative humidity (RH) and temperature dependence of proton conductivity were examined. At low RH, the novel SPI membranes showed much higher conductivity than the sulfoalkoxy‐based SPIs. They showed comparable or even higher proton conductivity than Nafion 112 in water at 60 °C (>0.10 S cm−1). The membrane of NTDA‐DASDSPB/BAPPS (1/1)‐s displayed reasonably high proton conductivities of 0.05 and 0.30 S cm−1 at 50 and 100% RH, respectively, at 120 °C. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 44: 2862–2872, 2006

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