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Title: Poly(phenylene)-based anion exchange membrane

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1015297

A poly(phenylene) compound of copolymers that can be prepared with either random or multiblock structures where a first polymer has a repeat unit with a structure of four sequentially connected phenyl rings with a total of 2 pendant phenyl groups and 4 pendant tolyl groups and the second polymer has a repeat unit with a structure of four sequentially connected phenyl rings with a total of 6 pendant phenyl groups. The second polymer has chemical groups attached to some of the pendant phenyl groups selected from CH.sub.3, CH.sub.2Br, and CH.sub.2N(CH.sub.3).sub.3Br groups. When at least one group is CH.sub.2N(CH.sub.3).sub.3Br, the material functions as an anion exchange membrane.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
7,888,397
Application Number:
US Patent Application 12/112,012
OSTI ID:
1015297
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Ionomeric Poly(phenylene) Prepared by Diels−Alder Polymerization:  Synthesis and Physical Properties of a Novel Polyelectrolyte journal June 2005