Partially fluorinated copolymer based on trifluorostyrene and substituted vinyl compound and ionic conductive polymer membrane formed therefrom
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorHae-kyoung Kim
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Abstract
A trifluorostyrene and substituted vinyl compound based partially fluorinated copolymer, an ionic conductive polymer membrane including the same, and a fuel cell adopting the ionic conductive polymer membrane, wherein the partially fluorinated copolymer has formula (1): 1 where each of R1, R2 and R3 is F, H or CH3; X is a hydroxy group or a trifluoromethyl group; m is an integer greater than zero; n is an integer greater than zero; and p, q and r are zero or integers greater than zero.
Claims7
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A fuel cell comprising an ionic conductive layer, the layer comprising a partially fluorated copolymer having formula (1):
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- wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 independently is selected from the group consisting of F, H and CH3;
- X is a hydroxy group or a trifluoromethyl group;
- m is an integer greater than zero;
- n is an integer greater than zero;
- and p, q and r are zero or integers greater than zero.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.