Ion exchange resins with decreased resistance to ionic conductivity
AssigneesTanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., Masahiro Watanabe, Stonehart Associates Inc.
InventorMasahhiro Watanabe
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Abstract
Disclosed is a process of preparing an ion exchange membrane which comprises adding a highly hydrophilic solvent into a solution of an ion exchange resin containing an ion exchange group on the polymer chain, placing the solution into a membrane-forming vessel and forming a membrane by removing the solvent. The ion exchange membrane prepared in accordance with the present invention exhibits the high degree of orientation so that the ionic conductivity can be elevated to provide the satisfactory cell performance.
Claims4
A process of preparing an ion exchange membrane which comprises adding a highly hydrophilic solvent selected the group consisting essentially of methanol, ethanol, 2-propanol and ethylene glycol to a mixture of butanol and sufficient ion exchange resin to prepare said membrane, placing the resultant mixture in a membrane-forming vessel and forming the membrane by removing the solvent from said resultant mixture;
- wherein said ion exchange resin comprises a perfluorinated hydrocarbon resin having sulphonic acid groups as a constituent part thereof;
- and wherein said resin has decreased resistance to ionic conductivity as a result of its preparation as set out above.
An ion exchange membrane prepared by a process which comprises adding a highly hydrophilic solvent selected from the group consisting essentially of methanol, ethanol, 2-propanol and ethylene glycol to a mixture of butanol and sufficient ion exchange resin to prepare said membrane, placing the resultant mixture in a membrane-forming vessel, and forming said ion exchange membrane by removing the solvent from said resultant mixture;
- wherein said ion exchange resin comprises perfluorinated hydrocarbon resin having sulphonic acid groups as a constituent part thereof;
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- wherein said resin decreased resistance to ionic conductivity as a result of its preparation as set out above.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.