Synthesis of an Anion-Exchange Membrane Based on Imidazolium-Type Ionic Liquids for a Capacitive Energy Extraction Donnan Potential Device

Table 1

Physical, mechanical, and electrochemical properties of the synthesized AEMs.

	Physical properties		Mechanical properties			Electrochemical properties
	Water uptake (%)	Swelling ratio (%)	Tensile strength (Mpa)	Tensile modulus (Mpa)	Elongation at break (%)	Ion conductivity (S/cm)	Ion exchange capacity (mmol/g)
							Theoretical	Experimental
AEM	66.0	27.8	13.3 ± 2.1	330.3 ± 24.1	42.6 ± 7.7	3.05 × 10^−3	0.567	0.499