Fluorocopolymer material with sulfonic acid functional groups as a solid polyelectrolyte for use in fuel cells
US7455934B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 10, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E60/50
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention is a material for a solid polyelectrolyte, comprising a multi-segmented fluoropolymer that comprises a block copolymer and/or a graft copolymer, wherein the copolymer contains one or more blocks essentially consisting of segment A and one or more blocks essentially consisting of segment B, the segment A combines with the segment B, wherein the segment A has a molecular weight of 5,000 to 1,000.000, and the Segment A is a copolymer chain comprising (a) an ethylenicfluoromonomer containing sulfonic acid functional groups each represented by Formula (1) CX2═CX1—(O)n—Rf—SO2Y, wherein X and X1 may be the same or different and are each hydrogen or fluorine; Y is FI, Cl, or OY1 wherein y1 is hydrogen, alkali metal or C1-C5 alkyl; Rf is C1 to C40 divalent fluoroalkylene or C1 to C40 divalent fluoroalkylene having one or more ether bonds; and n is 0 or 1; and (b) at least one type of ethylenic fluoromonomer copolymerizable with the ethylenic fluoromonomer (a) and containing no sulfonic acid functional groups, the segment B is a fluoropolymer containing no sulfonic acid functional groups, has a molecular weight of 3,000 to 1,200,000, and has a crystalline melting point of 100° …
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