- Patent Title: Polymer electrolyte material, polymer electrolyte molded product using the polymer electrolyte material and method for manufacturing the polymer electrolyte molded product, membrane electrode composite, and solid polymer fuel cell
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Application No.: US14304643Application Date: 2014-06-13
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Publication No.: US09673468B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Daisuke Izuhara , Yuriko Okada
- Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Priority: JP2006-219539 20060811
- Main IPC: C08L61/12
- IPC: C08L61/12 ; C08L71/10 ; H01M8/10 ; C08G65/40 ; H01M8/1025 ; C08J5/22 ; H01B1/12 ; H01M8/1067 ; H01M8/1072 ; H01M8/1018

Abstract:
It is an object of the present invention to provide a polymer electrolyte material which has excellent proton conductivity even under the conditions of a low humidity or a low temperature and is excellent in mechanical strength and fuel barrier properties, and which moreover can achieve high output, high energy density and long-term durability in forming a polymer electrolyte fuel cell therefrom, and a polymer electrolyte form article using the same and a method for producing the same, a membrane electrode assembly and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, each using the same.The present invention employs the following means. Namely, the polymer electrolyte material of the present invention is a polymer electrolyte material including a constituent unit (A1) containing an ionic group and a constituent unit (A2) substantially not containing an ionic group, wherein a phase separation structure is observed by a transmission electron microscope and a crystallization heat measured by differential scanning calorimetry is 0.1 J/g or more, or a phase separation structure is observed by a transmission electron microscope and the degree of crystallinity measured by wide angle X-ray diffraction is 0.5% or more. Also, the polymer electrolyte form article, the membrane electrode assembly and the polymer electrolyte fuel cell of the present invention are characterized by being composed of such polymer electrolyte materials.
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