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US 7,115,333 B2Granted
High temperature composite proton exchange membranes
AssigneeGas Technology Institute
InventorsQinbai Fan, Hamid Hussain
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Abstract
An apparatus for generating electricity having an anode electrode, a cathode electrode and a proton exchange membrane comprising poly(vinyl alcohol) disposed between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode. The proton exchange membrane of this invention is suitable for operating at a temperature over an entire range of about room temperature to about 170° C. In accordance with preferred embodiments, the membrane includes one or more cross-linking agents.
Claims3
An apparatus for generating electricity comprising:
- an anode electrode;
- a cathode electrode;
- and
- a proton exchange membrane comprising at least one of poly(vinyl alcohol) and poly(vinyl ethylene alcohol) and at least two cross-linking agents, one said cross-linking agent comprising glyoxal and a second said cross-linking agent selected from the group consisting of nitrilo tris (methylene) tri phosphonic acid, poly(2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid), phosphono acetic acid, sulfosuccinic acid, sulfoacetic acid, and combinations thereof, disposed between said anode electrode and said cathode electrode.
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An apparatus for generating electricity comprising:
- an anode electrode;
- a cathode electrode;
- and
- a proton exchange membrane suitable for operating at a temperature over an entire range of about room temperature to about 170° C., said proton exchange membrane comprising at least one of poly(vinyl alcohol) and poly(vinyl ethylene alcohol) cross-linked with glyoxal and at least one cross-linking agent selected from the group consisting of nitrilo tris (methylene) tri phosphonic acid reduced by a suitable oxidant, poly(2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid), phosphono acetic acid, sulfosuccinic acid, sulfoacetic acid, and combinations thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.