Porous aromatic polyamides the easy and green way

We prepared microporous aramid films through a simple, inexpensive and green way, using ionic liquids (IL) as porosity promoters. Commercial poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) (MPIA) films with different IL proportions were prepared, and then microporous films were obtained by removing the IL in disti...

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Authors: Pascual Portal, Blanca Sol, Trigo López, Miriam, Reglero Ruiz, José A., Pablos, Jesús Luis, Bertolín Burillo, Juan Carlos, Represa Pérez, César, Cuevas Vicario, José Vicente, García García, Félix Clemente, García Pérez, José Miguel
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2019
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Burgos (UBU)
Repository:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU)
OAI Identifier:oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/5093
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5093
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Ionic liquid
Aramid
Porous film
Thermally-induced phase separation
Ingeniería química
Chemical engineering
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Summary:We prepared microporous aramid films through a simple, inexpensive and green way, using ionic liquids (IL) as porosity promoters. Commercial poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) (MPIA) films with different IL proportions were prepared, and then microporous films were obtained by removing the IL in distilled water. Microporous films presented density values between 0.34 and 0.71 g⋅cm−3 (around five times lower to commercial MPIA), with a homogeneous and controlled cellular morphology dependent on the proportion of the IL, showing cell sizes in the microcellular range (radii between 1 and 8 µm). Thermal, mechanical and electrical properties (specifically ionic conductivity) of the aramid films were analyzed to evaluate the influence of the IL proportion. Finally, it was observed that the MPIA/IL system presented a reversible thermally induced phase-separation process around 60 °C, which was characterized through AFM-Raman images and spectra, together with the variation of the ionic conductivity.