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Polymer electrolyte for fuel cell

US5985477A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 1997
Grant dateNov 16, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided is a polymer electrolyte which is cheap and easily synthesized, and has a high water resistance and high output performance. The polymer electrolyte comprising a sulfonated polymer having an ion-exchange group equivalent weight of 500 to 2500 g/mol, which is obtainable by sulfonating a structural unit represented by the structural formula (II) of a copolymer having 95 to 40 mol % of a structural unit represented by the following structural formula (I) and 5 to 60 mol % of a structural unit represented by the following structural formula (II), ##STR1##

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