Preface
1. Overview of Molecule and Ion Transport through Polymer Membranes
1.1. Molecule Transport
1.2. Ion Transport
1.3. Similarities and Differences between Molecule and Ion Transport
1.4. Overview of ?Molecule and Ion Transport through Polymer Membranes?

2. Introduction to Polymeric Materials
2.1. Interactions of Polymer with Solvent and Polymer Solution
2.2. Phase Diagram and Phase Separation
2.3. Rubbery and Glassy Polymers
2.4. Non-Equilibrium Features of Glassy Polymers
2.5. Free Volume Theory and Applications
2.6. Crystalline Polymers
2.7. Polymer Blends
2.8. Viscoelastic and Mechanical Properties

Part 1: Molecule Transport through Polymer Membranes

3. Molecule Transport through Polymer Membranes
3.1. Fick?s Law and Solution-Diffusion Mechanism
3.2. Sorption and Permeation Features in a Slab
3.3. Diffusion through Polymers
3.4. Statistical View of Diffusion Coefficient
3.5. Free Volume Theory for Diffusion
3.6. Sorption in Polymers
3.7. Permeation through Polymers
3.8. Mathematical Models for Transient Sorption and Permeation through Glassy Polymers and Composite Membranes
3.9. Transient Sorption of Organic Vapor in Polymers
3.10. Mass Transport Overview: Fickian vs non-Fickian Behavior


4. Facilitated Transport Phenomena in the Solid State
4.1. Facilitated Transport in the Liquid State and the Solid State
4.2. Mathematical Models for Facilitated Transport in the Solid State
4.3. Concentration Fluctuation Model vs Direct Hopping Models
4.4. Facilitated Oxygen Transport
4.5. Facilitated Olefin Transport
4.6. Facilitated CO2 Transport in Solid and Quasi-Solid States
4.7. Challenges and Prospects

5. Selective Transport Membranes
5.1. Definitions of Permeability and Selectivity
5.2. Overview for Separation Performance of Gas Mixtures
5.3. Theoretical Basis for Relationship between Permeability and Selectivity (Upper Bound Curve)
5.4. Polymeric Structure-Properties Relationship
5.5. Time-dependent Separation Performance: Physical Aging and Plasticization Effects in Glassy Polymers
5.6. Facilitated Transport Membranes in the Solid and Quasi-Solid States
5.7. Oxygen Separation with Facilitated Transport Membranes
5.8. Olefin Separation with Facilitated Transport Membranes
5.9. Carbon Dioxide Separation with Facilitated Transport Membranes

6. Measurement of Molecule Transport Properties
6.1. Definitions of Diffusion Coefficient, Solubility Coefficient and Permeability
6.2. Permeation and Sorption Features in a Slab Membrane
6.3. Permeation Method: Manometric and Time-Lag Methods
6.4. Sorption Method: Gravimetric Methods
6.5. Concentration-Dependent Diffusion Coefficient
6.6. Variable Surface Concentration
6.7. Diffusion in a Sphere
6.8. Pulsed-field Gradient (PFG) NMR for Diffusion Coefficient

7. Applications of Selective Transport Membranes
7.1. Structure and Transport through Composite Membranes
7.2. Mathematical Model for Composite Membranes: Resistance Model
7.3. Fabrication of Composite Membranes
7.4. Structures and Mass Transport in Modules
7.5. Applications of Gas Transport Membranes
7.6. Conclusions and Future Directions

Part 2: Ion Transport through Polymer Membranes

8. Basic Electrochemistry for Ion Transport
8.1. Electrochemical Devices and Key Terminologies
8.2. Electric Potential
8.3. Electrochemical Redox Reactions and Charge Transfer Kinetics
8.4. Interfacial Charge Transfer through Electric Double Layer
8.5. Transport of Charged Species and Electric Current

9. Polymer Electrolytes
9.1. Definitions of Ion Conductivity, Mobility and Transport Numbers
9.2. Formation of Polymer Electrolyte to Generate Charge Carriers
9.3. Polymeric Chain Mobility and Glass Transition Temperature
9.4. Mechanism of Ionic Transport
9.5. Ionic Conduction and Transport Number through Polymer Electrolytes
9.6. Temperature Dependence of Ionic Transport
9.7. Interfacial Charge Transfer between Solid Polymer Electrolyte and Electrode
9.8. Prospects of Polymer Electrolytes

10. Ion Exchange Membranes
10.1. Definitions of Ion Conductivity, Transport Number and Permselectivity
10.2. Ion Transport through Water and Heterocycles
10.3. Structures of Ion Exchange Membranes: CEM, AEM and BPM
10.4. Electric Field Generation at Bipolar Membrane Junction
10.5. Transport Models of Ions in IEMs
10.6. Ion Transport through Ion Exchange Membranes
10.7. Selective Transport through Ion Exchange Membranes: Permselectivity
10.8. Interrelationship between Conductivity and Selectivity

11. Measurement of Ion Transport Properties
11.1. Experimental Measurement Techniques
11.2. Direct Current Techniques
11.3. Alternating Current Techniques
11.4. Transport Number Measurements

12. Applications of Ion Transport Membranes
12.1. Polymer Electrolytes for Secondary Batteries
12.2. Polymer Electrolytes for Sensitized Solar Cells
12.3. Ion Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cells
12.4. Applications of Ion Exchange Membranes for Electrochemical Water Splitting