Table 2 Examples of solvents, as well as nanomaterials and polymers used in solution blending

From: Review of nanomaterials-assisted ion exchange membranes for electromembrane desalination

Solvent

Nanomaterial

Polymer(s)

Refs.

Acetic acid

Phosphonated GO (PGO)

Chitosan (CS)

34

N,N-Dimethylacetamide (DMAc)

Sulfonated GO (SGO)

Nafion

163

SGO

Sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK)

102

SGO

Sulfonated polyethersulfone (SPES)

101

GO

SPES

97

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)

Nafion

164

SiO2

Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)

38,120

Sulfonated SiO2 (SS)

Sulfonated poly(arylene ether ether ketone ketone) (SPAEEKK)

123

SS

Polybenzimidazole (PBI)

165

SS

Sulfonated poly(phthalazinone ether ketone) (SPPEK)

124

SiO2

SPPEK

166

SiO2

Sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) (SPAES)

167

SiO2

SPES

168

TiO2

Quaternized polysulfone (QPSU)

140

TiO2

Chloromethylated polysulfone (CMPSU)

169

N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF)

Quaternized GO (QGO)

QPSU

39

Sulfonated organosilane functionalized GO (SSi-GO)

SPEEK

103

SS

Sulfonated poly (2, 6-dimethyl-1, 4-phenylene oxide) (SPPO)

170

Sulfonated mesoporous SiO2 (SMS)

SPES

35,125,158

SiO2

SPPO

121

Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)

GO

SPI

43

APTEOS (3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane) functionalized GO (A-GO)

Quaternized polyethyleneimine /Poly (vinyl alcohol) (QPEI/PVA)

36

MWCNTs

Sulfonated poly[bis(benzimidazobenzisoquinolinones)] (SPBIBI)

44

SMS

SPI

161

Ethanol

Sulfonated TiO2 nanotube (S–TiO2–NTs)

Nafion

141

Isopropyl alcohol (IPA)

SiO2

Nafion

122

m-Cresol

Dihydrogen phosphate functionalized GO (H2P-GO)

SPI

171

Tetrahydrofuran (THF)

Polyaniline (PANI)-MWCNTs

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)

172

MWCNTs

PVC

72

MWCNTs

Polycarbonate/styrene–butadiene rubber (PC/SBR)

66

Aluminium oxide (Al2O3)

PVC

142

Iron (II, III) oxide (Fe3O4)

PVC

145

Zeolite

PVC

150

Zinc oxide (ZnO)

PVC

157

Water

GO

Poly (ethylene oxide) (PEO)

173

GO

PVA

98

MWCNTs

PVA

75

Sulfonated MWCNTs (S-MWCNTs)

Sulfonated PVA (SPVA)

65

Phenyl-SMS (Ph-SMS)

PVA

160