Ion Exchange Membranes: Design, Preparation and Applications

A comprehensive introduction to the electro-membrane technologies of the future

An ion exchange membrane is a polymer-based membrane which can be permeable by some ions in a solution while blocking others, making them ideal for processes such as water desalination, salt concentration control, clean production and―given their electrical conductivity―power generation and energy storage etc. Recent advances have given rise to new electro-membrane processes that promise drastically to expand the applications of this technology. Scientists in both research and industry will increasingly need to draw on these membranes in vital ways with strongly positive potential environmental impact.

Ion Exchange Membranes summarizes recent research into these membranes and electro-membrane processes before moving to an overview of the historical background. It then attends in detail to cutting-edge fabrication technologies and the most recent areas of use. The result is a comprehensive introduction to the design, fabrication, and applications of these increasingly essential membranes.

Ion Exchange Membranes readers will also find:

• In-depth treatment of industrial-scale applications
• Detailed discussion of topics including side-chain engineering, polyacylation, superacid-catalyst polymerization, and more
• Analysis of electro-membrane processes such as alkaline membrane water electrolysis, solar-driven water splitting, and many more

Ion Exchange Membranes is ideal for membrane scientists, materials scientists, inorganic chemists, polymer chemists, and researchers and engineers in a variety of fields working with ion exchange membranes and electro-membrane processes.

Tongwen Xu, PhD, is Chair Professor of Chemistry Engineering at the University of Science and Technology China (USTC). He has held visiting positions at the University of Tokyo and the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, and served as a Brain-Pool Professor of Korea at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea. He has published extensively on ion exchange membranes and related subjects over the course of a research career spanning more than a quarter century, and is the holder of more than 100 patents.

Yaoming Wang, PhD, is a professor at the Applied Chemistry Department in the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He received his Ph.D. degree from USTC in 2011 under the direction of Prof. Tongwen Xu. He was appointed as an assoicated professor in Nov 2013 after two years postdoctoral research in USTC, and was promoted to professor in Dec 2021. His research interests are ion-exchange membrane and electro-membrane related processes such as electrodialysis, bipolar membrane electrodialysis, ion-capture electrodialysis, membrane intergration process, etc. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal papers, with an H-index of 36.