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US 2013/0281555 A1Published application
Proton exchange material and method therefor
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, UTC Power Corporation
InventorsZhiwei Yang, Mallika Gummalla, Ned E. Cipollini, Fuqiang Liu, Yoichi Hosokawa, Takumi Taniguchi, Joseph S. Thrasher, Richard Edward Fernandez, Todd S. Sayler, Alfred Waterfeld
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Abstract
A proton exchange material includes perfluorinated carbon backbone chains and side chains extending off of the perfluorinated carbon backbone chains. The perfluorinated side chains include cross-link chains that have multiple sulfonimide groups, —SO2—NH—SO2—.
Claims17
A proton exchange material comprising:
- perfluorinated carbon backbone chains;
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- side chains extending off of the perfluorinated carbon backbone chains, the side chains including cross-link chains that have multiple sulfonimide groups, —SO2—NH—SO2—.
A method of fabricating a proton exchange material, comprising:
- forming a polymer having perfluorinated carbon backbone chains and perfluorinated side chains extending off of the perfluorinated carbon backbone chains, the side chains including cross-link chains that have multiple sulfonimide groups, —SO2—NH—SO2—.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.