Table 8.
Price comparison of commercial AEMs and the prepared QP/A-06.
| Anion Membrane | Price (USD $/100 cm2) [a] | Manufacturer | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neosepta BP-1 | 135.0 | ASTOM, Japan | [78] |
| Neosepta AHA, | 123.3 | ||
| Orion AMX (35 μm, self-supporting) | 450.0 | Orion Polymer, USA | [108] |
| PiperION (20 μm, self-supporting) | 152.0 | Versogen, USA | [109,110] |
| PiperION (80 μm, self-supporting) | 492.2 | ||
| Nafion 117 (183 μm, self-supporting) [b] | 47.0 | Chemours, USA | [111,112] |
| Nafion 211 (25.4 μm, self-supporting) [b] | 30.0 | ||
| Nafion 212 (50.8 μm, self-supporting) [b] | 32.0 | ||
| Nafion 1110 (254 μm, self-supporting) [b] | 69.0 | ||
| Nafion N424 (180 μm, PTFE-reinforced) [b] | 94.0 | ||
| Xion PEM-Nafion-1000 (10 μm, self-supporting) [b] | 213.5 | Xergy Inc, USA | [113,114] |
| Pention 5 μm (5 μm, self-supporting) | 370.0 | ||
| Lanxess Sybron Ionac MA-7500 (450 μm, self-supporting) | 70.0 | Rising Sun Membrane, China PR | [115] |
| FumaSep FAP-450 (45 μm, self-supporting) | 25.0 | Fuma-tech GmbH, Germany | [95] |
| FumaSep FAA-3-50 (50 μm, self-supporting) | 22.0 | ||
| FumaSep FAA-3-75 (75 μm, self-supporting) | 27.0 | ||
| QP/A-06 (133 μm, self-supporting) | 8.7–10.2 | Present Work |
Note: [a] Commercial price for 10 cm × 10 cm AEMs, as of May 2023. These are the commercial prices associated for these membranes. The QP/A-06 has the forecasted commercial price (calculated in Table S7.1). [b] Although Nafion membranes are of the cationic-type, their use has also been claimed and industrially adopted in spent acid regeneration and metal recovery [81,82].