Table 7.
Comparison of the membrane resistance values obtained in this study with values reported in literature for other commercial AEMs before and after modification.
| AEM Type | Modification Approach | Modifying Agent | RM Before Modification (Ω·cm2) |
RM After Modification (Ω·cm2) |
Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heterogeneous Ralex AM-PES (Mega a.s.) | Direct contact/immersion | Poly(acrylic) acid | 5.01 | 5.1–5.4 | This study |
| Heterogeneous AEM (Zhe-jiang Qianqiu Environmental Protection & Water Treatment Co. Ltd.) |
LbL deposition | Glutaraldehyde and poly(ethyleneimine) | 4.5 | 4.8 | [48] |
| Neosepta AMX (Astom Corp.) | Dip coating | Polydopamine (PDA) | 1.2 | 2.9 | [30] |
| Neosepta AMX (Astom Corp.) |
Immersion | PDA | 2.5 | 5.0 | [49,50] |
| Homogeneous Neosepta ASE (Astom Corp.) | Immersion (co-deposition) | PDA and poly (sodium 4-styrene sulfonate) | 3.6 | 4.5 | [51] |
| Homogeneous JAM-II-07 (Yanrun) | Coating by deposition | Sulfonated reduced graphene oxide nanosheets | 3.1 | 3.7 | [52] |
| Homogeneous Type I (Fujifilm) | Self-adhesion deposition | Sulfonated polydopamine | 1.0 | 6.8 | [53] |
| AEM * (Ionics) | Coating by adsorption | Olygourethane surfactants and disodium salt α, ω-oligooxipropylene-bis(o-urethane-2.4, 2.6 tolueneurylbenzene sulphonic acid) | 2.5 | 5.7 | [54] |
* No specific membrane name is reported.