Composite electrolyte with crosslinking agents

Details Composite electrolyte with crosslinking agents Composite electrolyte with crosslinking agents

2005-11-08

2005-11-08

Cheung, William K. (Department: 1713)

Synthetic resins or natural rubbers -- part of the class 520 ser

Synthetic resins

Mixing of two or more solid polymers; mixing of solid...

C525S328400, C525S328500, C429S006000, C429S006000, C521S027000

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06962959

ABSTRACT:
A covalent crosslinking of ion-conducting materials via sulfonic acid groups can be applied to various low cost electrolyte membrane base materials for improved fuel cell performance metrics relative to such base material. This proposed approach is due, in part, to the observation that many aromatic and aliphatic polymer materials have significant potential as proton exchange membranes if a modification can increase their physical and chemical stabilities without sacrificing electrochemical performance or significantly increasing the material and production costs.

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