本研究中,分別合成聚苯咪唑(PBI)和不同磺酸化比例之磺酸化聚苯咪唑(PBI-BS)。利用動態光散射(DLS)、動態黏彈儀(DVA)和界達電位(Zeta potential)研究PBI加入氯化鋰(LiCl)在N,N’-二甲基乙醯胺(DMAc)溶液和PBI-BS水溶液之物理性質。在動態光散射實驗中,PBI/LiCl/DMAc溶液中有兩個鬆弛形式(relaxation modes)但在PBI-BS水溶液僅存在一個鬆弛形式。快鬆弛形式(fast mode)是一種擴散的行為;而慢鬆弛形式(slow mode)代表離子的聚集。黏彈性質測試顯示PBI/LiCl/DMAc溶液中在[LiCl]/[BI]莫爾比為3.62時,角頻率為1.07 rad/sec之剪切黏度最小,在PBI/DMAc溶液中會因為加入LiCl而產生電荷遮蔽效應。在相同磺磺酸化比例下剪切黏度會隨著PBI-BS濃度增加而變大,而界達電位與濃度無關。
In this study, polybenzimidazole (PBI) was synthesized from 3, 3’-diaminobenzidine and isophthalic acid. Polybenzimidazole- butanesulfonic acids (PBI-BS) with various degrees of sulfonation were prepared by sulfonating PBI with 1, 4-butanesultone (BS). The physical properties of PBI in N, N’-dimethylacetamide (DMAc) mixed LiCl and PBI-BS aqueous solutions were investigated using dynamic light scattering (DLS), dynamic viscoelasticity analyzer (DVA), and Zeta- potential. The DLS experimental results revealed two relaxation modes in PBI/LiCl/DMAc solutions, and only one mode in PBI-BS/H2O solutions. The fast mode in both two solutions was diffusion process relaxations, and the slow mode for PBI/LiC/DMAc solutions was due to the ionic aggregation. Viscoelasticity measurements showed a lowest shear viscosity for PBI/LiCl/DMAc solution at a [LiCl]/[BI] molar ratio of 3.62 (at angluar frequency ω= 1.07 rad/sec). Electrostatic screening effect occurred with presence of LiCl in PBI/DMAc solutions in Zeta potential measurements. Shear viscosity increased with raising concentration in PBI-BS aqueous solutions. Zeta potential was independent of PBI-BS concentration at fixed degree of sulfonation in PBI-BS aqueous solutions.