1. INTRODUCTION2. FUNDAMENTALS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS2.1. Donnan Equilibrium2.2. Mass Transport2.3. Limiting current density2.4. Concentration polarization2.5. Water transport2.6. Membrane scaling and fouling2.7. Physico-chemical characterizations2.8. Electro-chemical characterizations2.9 Permselectivity2.10 Conductivity2.11 Alkali resistances2.12 Desalination performance2.13 Single-cell performance3. SIDE-CHAIN ARCHITECTURE MANIPULATION FOR IEMS PREPARATION3.1 Types of side-chain topology3.2 Construction of self-assembly hyperbranched networks3.3 Construction of ion-conducting channels3.4 Construction of dynamic transfer regions3.5 Construction of cation-dipole interactions4. POLYACYLATION FOR IEMS PREPARATION4.1. Principle of polyacylation4.2. Polyacylatio of perylene-based aliphatic polyimides4.3. Polyacylation of SPEKs-based IEMs4.4. Polyacylation of Crown-based IEMs4.5 Others5. SUPERACID-CATALYST POLYMERIZATION FOR IEMS PREPARATION5.1. Basic of superacid5.2 Principle of superacid-catalyst5.3. Superacid-catalyst polymers5.4. Superacid-catalyst polymerization for IEMs preparation5.5 Others6. INTRINSIC MICROPOROSITY FOR IEMS PREPARATION6.1 Ion transports behavior in space-confined membrane6.2 Principle of intrinsic microporosity polymer6.3 PIM-1 based IEMs6.4 Tröger?s Based IEMs6.5 Other intrinsic microporisity IEMs7. IN-SITU POLYMERIZATION FOR IEMS PREPARATION7.1. Conventional methods for IEMs preparation7.2. Semi-interpenetrating polymer network7.3. Pore-filling7.4. Solvent-free Strategy7.5 In-situ polymerization8. SPECIAL IEMS PREPARATION8.1 Monovalent selective IEMs8.2 Proton blocking anion exchange membrane8.3 Dense-structure IEMs8.4 High-temperature tolerance IEMs8.5 Others9. APPLICATIONS9.1. Diffusion Dialysis9.2. Electrodialysis9.3. Bipolar membrane electrodialysis9.4. Selective electrodialysis9.5 Metathesis electrodialysis9.6 Ion-distillation9.7. Reverse electrodialysis9.8. Full Cell9.9. Aqueous flow battery9.10. Others
Dr. Tongwen Xu is a full-time Professor of Chemistry Engineering at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He obtained B.E (1989) and M.E. degree (1992) from Hefei University and Technology and Ph. D from Tianjin University (1995). Dr. Xu joined the USTC as an associate professor in 1997 was promoted to professor in 2001. Dr. Xu was a short-term visiting scientist of the University of Tokyo (2000), Tokyo Institute of Technology (2001) and also a Brain-Pool Professor of Korea in Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (2006-2007). The research interests of Dr. Xu are focused on the development and practical applications of ion exchange membranes. Prof. Xu has authored more than 500 publications, 6 Books, 20 Chapters, and holds more than 80 issued China Patents for ion exchange membranes and related processes. He is named as a highly cited researcher by Thomson Reuters (ISI Web of Knowledge) with over 20000+ citations and H-index of 74.