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US 9,853,317 · App. 13/674,964 · Granted Dec 26, 2017

Bilayer complex proton exchange membrane and membrane electrode assembly

Inventors: Li-Duan Tsai (Hsinchu, TW); Chiu-Ping Huang (Hsinchu, TW); Li-Fu Huang (Taoyuan County, TW); Shih-Wen Chen (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
H01M8/1027H01M8/103H01M8/1023H01M8/1025H01M8/1032H01M8/1039H01M8/1046B82Y30/00
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Patent No.
US 9,853,317
App. No.
13/674,964
Granted
Dec 26, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bilayer complex proton exchange membrane and a membrane electrode assembly are provided. The bilayer complex proton exchange membrane includes a first complex structure and a second complex structure. The first complex structure includes 0.001-10 wt % of a graphene derivative with two dimension configuration, and 99.999-90 wt % of organic material. The organic material includes polymer material having sulfonic acid group or phosphate group. The second complex structure includes 0.5-30 wt % of inorganic material and 99.5-70 wt % of organic material, wherein a surface area of the inorganic material is 50-3000 m 2 /g, and the organic material includes polymer material with sulfonic acid group or phosphate group.

Claims (15)

1. A bilayer complex proton exchange membrane, included in a membrane electrode assembly, consists of:

a first complex structure near an anode of the membrane electrode assembly, comprising:

0.001 wt % to 0.2 wt % of graphene oxide; and 99.999 wt % to 90 wt % of a first organic material that includes a PTFE-PFSA copolymer; and

a second complex structure laminated to the first complex structure, and the second complex structure is near a cathode of the membrane electrode assembly, wherein the second complex structure comprises:

0.5 wt % to 30 wt % of an inorganic material, wherein a surface area of the inorganic material is 50 m 2 /g to 3000 m 2 /g; and

99.5 wt % to 70 wt % of a second organic material that includes a second polymer material with the sulfonic acid group or the phosphate group.

2. The bilayer complex proton exchange membrane of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic material in the second complex structure comprises a carbon material.

3. The bilayer complex proton exchange membrane of claim 2 , wherein the carbon material includes activated carbon, mesoporous carbon nanoshell, nanosheet, nanohorn, amorphous carbon or crystalline carbon.

4. A membrane electrode assembly comprising the bilayer complex proton exchange membrane of claim 3 , the membrane electrode assembly comprising the anode, the bilayer complex proton exchange membrane, and the cathode.

5. A membrane electrode assembly comprising the bilayer complex proton exchange membrane of claim 2 , the membrane electrode assembly comprising the anode, the bilayer complex proton exchange membrane, and the cathode.

6. The bilayer complex proton exchange membrane of claim 1 , wherein the second organic material in the second complex structure comprises perfluorosulphonic acid resin, sulfonated polyether ether ketone (s-PEEK), sulfonated polyimides (s-PI), sulfonated poly (phenylene oxide) (s-PPO), sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) (s-PES), or sulfonated poly (4-phenoxybenzoyl-1,4-phenylene) (s-PPBP).

7. A membrane electrode assembly comprising the bilayer complex proton exchange membrane of claim 6 , the membrane electrode assembly comprising the anode, the bilayer complex proton exchange membrane, and the cathode.

8. The bilayer complex proton exchange membrane of claim 1 , wherein the second organic material in the second complex structure comprises a phosphate doped polybenzimidzole polymer.

9. A membrane electrode assembly comprising the bilayer complex proton exchange membrane of claim 8 , the membrane electrode assembly comprising the anode, the bilayer complex proton exchange membrane, and the cathode.

10. A membrane electrode assembly comprising the bilayer complex proton exchange membrane of claim 1 , the membrane electrode assembly comprising the anode, the bilayer complex proton exchange membrane, and the cathode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2012
From: TSAI, LI-DUAN; HUANG, CHIU-PING; HUANG, LI-FU; CHEN, SHIH-WEN
To: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 029307/0678 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 101123481 A · Jun 29, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140004445A1 · Jan 2, 2014