Counterion motions and thermal ordering effects in perfluorosulfonate ionomers probed by solid-state NMR |
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Authors: | Jong Keun Park |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA |
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Abstract: | Perfluorosulfonate ionomers (PFSIs) neutralized by tetraalkylammonium ions have been investigated using variable temperature 1H and 13C solid-state NMR (ssNMR) spectroscopy to probe the thermally induced properties of tetraalkylammonium ions at temperatures near the α-relaxations. Tetramethylammonium (TMA+), tetraethylammonium (TEA+), tetrapropylammonium (TPA+) and tetrabutylammonium (TBA+) ions have been incorporated in our study for the systematic control of ionic interactions within PFSIs according to the chain-length of ammonium ions. 13C static ssNMR results show that bulkier TPA+ and TBA+ ions undergo molecular tumbling motions near or above the α-relaxation temperature of the corresponding PFSI ionomers, with jumping rates of κ ≈ 1 kHz. Moreover, the results of 1H spin-lattice (T1) relaxation time measurements suggest that smaller TMA+ ions in the PFSI exhibit a thermally induced ordering effect as the sample temperature approaches the α-relaxation temperature of TMA+-PFSI. This ordering phenomenon is also supported by the results from small-angle X-ray scattering. |
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Keywords: | Solid-state NMR spectroscopy Tetraalkylammonium ion-form perfluorosulfonate ionomers (PFSIs) Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) |
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