Per: SANTINO LORUAN SILVESTRE DE MELO (UFC CAMPUS DO PICI BL 714), Enio pontes de deus (universidade federal do ceará), francisco victor rosa de lima (universidade federal do ceará), jaine caboclo coutinho (universidade federal do ceará), JOÃO VITOR DA SILVEIRA NUNES (universidade federal do ceará)
Abstract:
BIOPOLYMERS SUCH AS CHITOSAN ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS TO REPLACE SEVERAL SYNTHETIC POLYMERS DUE TO THEIR LOW COST, MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE AND BIODEGRADABILITY. MODIFICATION OF THESE MATERIALS, BOTH CHEMICALLY AND MECHANICALLY, CAN PROVIDE UNIQUE PROPERTIES FOR THESE MATERIALS, DIRECTING THEIR USE TO SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS. IN THIS PRODUCTION LINE FOR SPECIFIC MATERIALS ARE MEMBRANES, WHICH ADD PROPERTIES TO DELIVER A FINAL PRODUCT WITH UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS. CURRENTLY, PERFLUOROSULFONIC MEMBRANES, SUCH AS NAFION'S, ARE USED IN MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELLS, BUT THE MAJOR DISADVANTAGES SUCH AS HIGH COST, LOW CONDUCTIVITY IN ANHYDROUS CONDITIONS AND THEIR NON-SUSTAINABILITY LED US TO SEEK BETTER ALTERNATIVES FOR THEIR REPLACEMENT. IN THIS RESEARCH WORK, WE WILL INVESTIGATE THE PROTON CONDUCTION BEHAVIOR OF CHITOSAN MEMBRANES TO UNDERSTAND THIS CHARACTERISTIC, IN ORDER TO APPLY THESE MEMBRANES IN MICROBIAL ELECTROLYSIS CELLS.