摘要:
The invention provides a method for producing a polymer electrolyte membrane including (A) a membrane formation step of forming a membrane-form product of an ionic group-containing polymer electrolyte on a support, (B) an acid treatment step of exchanging the ionic group into an acid type by bringing the membrane into contact with an inorganic acid-containing acidic liquid, (C) an acid removal step of removing a free acid in the acid-treated membrane, and (D) a drying step of drying the acid-removed membrane, wherein the steps (B) to (D) are carried out without separating the membrane from the support.
摘要:
The invention provides a method for producing a polymer electrolyte membrane including (A) a membrane formation step of forming a membrane-form product of an ionic group-containing polymer electrolyte on a support, (B) an acid treatment step of exchanging the ionic group into an acid type by bringing the membrane into contact with an inorganic acid-containing acidic liquid, (C) an acid removal step of removing a free acid in the acid-treated membrane, and (D) a drying step of drying the acid-removed membrane, wherein the steps (B) to (D) are carried out without separating the membrane from the support.
摘要:
[Object] To provide a proton exchange membrane for a fuel cell having excellent proton conductivity, lower property of swelling with hot water, and excellent durability, as well as a block copolymer forming the proton exchange membrane, and a composition, a molded product, a fuel cell proton exchange membrane electrode assembly, and a fuel cell.[Solving Means] (1) A block copolymer having a hydrophilic segment and a hydrophobic segment and having a structure expressed by Chemical Formula 1 below (where X represents H or a univalent cation, Y represents sulfonyl group or carbonyl group, each of Z and z′ independently represents any of O and S atoms, W represents one or more group selected from the group consisting of direct bond between benzenes, sulfone group and carbonyl group, each of Ar1 and Ar2 independently represents divalent aromatic group, and each of n and m independently represents an integer from 2 to 100), and a molded product, a composition, and a proton exchange membrane, as well as a fuel cell including the proton exchange membrane.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a sulfonic acid group-containing polymer excellent in ion conductivity and durability, a method for producing the same, a resin composition containing the sulfonic acid group-containing polymer, a polymer electrolyte membrane, a polymer electrolyte membrane/electrode assembly, and a fuel cell. The sulfonic acid group-containing polymer of the present invention, in a first embodiment, includes a constituent represented by the following chemical formula 1: wherein X represents hydrogen or a monovalent cation species; Y represents a sulfone group or a ketone group; and n represents an arbitrary integer not less than 2.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a sulfonic acid group-containing polymer excellent in ion conductivity and durability, a method for producing the same, a resin composition containing the sulfonic acid group-containing polymer, a polymer electrolyte membrane, a polymer electrolyte membrane/electrode assembly, and a fuel cell. The sulfonic acid group-containing polymer of the present invention, in a first embodiment, includes a constituent represented by the following chemical formula 1: wherein X represents hydrogen or a monovalent cation species; Y represents a sulfone group or a ketone group; and n represents an arbitrary integer not less than 2.
摘要:
Disclosed is a proton exchange membrane for use in fuel cells, which not only has improved proton conductivity and resistance to swelling caused by hot water but also has greater durability when used in a fuel cell, as well as a sulfonic acid group-containing segmented block copolymer constituting the proton exchange membrane, a membrane electrode assembly using the proton exchange membrane, and a fuel cell using the membrane electrode assembly. A sulfonic acid group-containing segmented block copolymer, which is a di- or multi-block copolymer including, within a molecule, at least one kind of hydrophilic segment and at least one kind of hydrophobic segment, a 0.5 g/dL solution thereof dissolved in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone as a solvent showing a logarithmic viscosity measured at 30° C. in the range of 0.5 to 5.0 dL/g, wherein the copolymer has at least one kind of hydrophobic segment represented by Chemical Formula 1, the segment has a structure bound to a group represented by Chemical Formula 2, and the hydrophilic segment has at least one kind of structure represented by Chemical Formula 3 or Chemical Formula 3-2.
摘要:
Disclosed is an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly wherein a hydrocarbon-based solid polymer electrolyte membrane is sandwiched between a pair of electrodes. In this electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly, the glass transition temperature of the electrolyte membrane in a dry state is not less than 160° C. and the maximum moisture content of the electrolyte membrane is 10-120%. By using such a hydrocarbon-based solid polymer electrolyte membrane, there can be obtained an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly which is excellent in reliability and durability. Also disclosed are a fuel cell using such an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly and a method for producing such an electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly.
摘要:
A proton exchange membrane is obtained which can give an excellent power generation characteristic when the membrane is applied to, in particular, a fuel cell wherein high-concentration methanol is used as a fuel. In the aromatic hydrocarbon based proton exchange membrane of the invention, the ion exchange capacity is set into the range of 0.6 to 1.3 meq/g. Moreover, the area swelling rate for a 30% by mass methanol aqueous solution at 40° C. is set into the range of 2 to 30%. Preferably, a sulfonic acid group is bonded to an aromatic ring of the aromatic hydrocarbon based polymer contained in the aromatic hydrocarbon based proton exchange film. Preferably, the aromatic hydrocarbon based polymer is a polyarylene ether based polymer.
摘要:
A proton-conducting polymer composition which contains an aromatic hydrocarbon type of proton-conducting polymer in an amount of 1 to 30 mass %, wherein a component of said proton-conducting polymer having a molecular weight in the range of 2,000 to 230,000 in terms of polyethylene glycol accounts for 10 mass % or more of the total amount of said proton-conducting polymer; a method for preparing the proton-conducting polymer composition, a catalyst ink comprising the proton-conducting polymer composition and a fuel cell including the catalyst ink. The above proton-conducting polymer composition can well exploit the performance capability of a catalyst of a fuel cell, especially when it is allowed to be present with the electrode of a fuel cell.
摘要:
A polyarylene ether-based compound according to the present invention includes polymer components represented in general formula (1) and general formula (2): wherein Ar indicates a divalent aromatic group, Y indicates a sulfone group or a ketone group, X indicates H or a monovalent cation species, and Ar′ indicates a divalent aromatic group.