Figure 8

Accelerated alkaline stability of developed membranes at 80 °C (a) and comparison of stability factor and conductivity of PA-66 and syn-PP-g-PVBIm (open star and filled star respectively) membranes with some recently published data (b) of PA-66 and syn-PP-g-PVBTMA (filled triangle and −, respectively)9, PVB-TMA (filled diamond)57, PPO-TMA with long side-chain (filled inverted triangle, K factor value was reported in 2 M solution)58, semi-interpenetrating network (SIPN AEMs) (filled square)6, quaternized poly(2,6-dimethyl phenylene oxide) (QAPPO) (filled circle, the conductivity was measured at 20 ℃)59, PPO based membrane with one, two and tri-QA group per chain (asterisk, the conductivity was measured at 20 °C)28, and crosslinked co-PP (open triangle)60.