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US 10,899,874 B2Granted
Block polymer and polymer electrolyte membrane including same
AssigneeLG Chem, Ltd.
InventorsYong Jin Jang, Joong Jin Han, Esder Kang, Yunah Yu, Youngjea Kim
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Abstract
The present specification relates to a block polymer and a polymer electrolyte membrane comprising the same, a membrane-electrode assembly comprising the polymer electrolyte membrane, a fuel cell comprising the membrane-electrode assembly, and a redox flow battery comprising the polymer electrolyte membrane.
Claims17
A block polymer comprising:
- a hydrophobic block;
- and
- a hydrophilic block,
- wherein the hydrophobic block comprises at least one cationic side chain, and
- the hydrophilic block comprises a unit derived from a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:
- wherein, in Chemical Formula 1,
- A is —SO3H, —SO3−M+, —COOH, —COO−M+, —PO3H2, —PO3H−M+, —PO32−2M+, —O(CF2)mSO3H, —O(CF2)mSO3−M+, —O(CF2)mCOOH, —O(CF2)mCOO−M+, —O(CF2)mPO3H2, —O(CF2)mPO3H−M+ or —O(CF2)mPO32−2M+;
- m is an integer of 2 to 6;
- M is a group 1 element;
- R1 to R5 are the same as or different from each other, and each independently hydrogen;
- a halogen group;
- or a hydroxyl group;
- at least two of R1 to R5 are a halogen group;
- or a hydroxyl group;
- R6 and R7 are the same as or different from each other, and each independently a halogen group;
- L(a) is a direct bond;
- S;
- O;
- NRa;
- SO2;
- or a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms;
- Ra is hydrogen;
- or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group;
- and
- n is an integer of 2 to 10, and structures in the 2 to 10 parentheses are the same as or different from each other,
- wherein the hydrophobic block comprises a unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 2 or Chemical Formula 3:
- wherein, in Chemical Formula 2 and Chemical Formula 3,
- S1 to S4 are the same as or different from each other, and each independently hydrogen;
- deuterium;
- a halogen group;
- a cyano group;
- a nitrile group;
- a nitro group;
- a hydroxyl group;
- a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group;
- a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group;
- a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group;
- a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group;
- a substituted or unsubstituted silyl group;
- a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group;
- a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group;
- -(L)o-N+RR′R″;
- -(L)o-P+RR′R″;
- or the following Chemical Formula 1-A;
- L is a direct bond;
- O;
- NR′″;
- S;
- or a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms;
- o is an integer of 1 to 10;
- when o is 2 or greater, two or more Ls are the same as or different from each other;
- R, R′, R″, R′ and Rb are the same as or different from each other, and each independently hydrogen;
- or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms:
- a, a′, b and b′ are each an integer of 1 to 4;
- and
- when a, a′, b and b′ are each an integer of 2 or greater, structures in the two or more parentheses are the same as or different from each other.
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