title: PEG-catalytic water splitting in the interface of a bipolar membrane.
abstract: This paper investigates the effect of polyethylene glycol (PEG) on the water dissociation of bipolar membranes. To do this, bipolar membranes were prepared by immersing anion exchange membranes in different-concentration solutions of different-molecular-weight PEGs and then casting the solutions of sulfonated polyphenylene oxide (SPPO) on the anion exchange membranes. All the bipolar membranes with PEG in the interface are evaluated by current-voltage curves. The experimental results prove that PEG has excellent catalytic function for water dissociation. Furthermore, this function is enhanced by both PEG amount (PEG concentration) and PEG molecular weight in the interface of a bipolar membrane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
authors.forename: RongQiang
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: TongWen
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: WeiHua
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: ZhongXiao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pan