Granted Patent
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US 12,448,508 · App. 17/050,256 · Granted Oct 21, 2025
Crosslinking of aromatic polymers for anion exchange membranes
Inventors:
Chulsung Bae (Cohoes, NY); Jong Yeob Jeon (Troy, NY); Junyoung Han (Troy, NY); Sangtaik Noh (Troy, NY)
Assignee:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Abstract
An ion exchange membrane material is composed of a crosslinked polymer network including a first poly(styrene-b-ethylene-r-butylene-b-styrene) triblock copolymer (SEBS), and second SEBS, and a linker crosslinking the first SEBS and the second SEBS. At least one phenyl group from the first SEBS and the second SEBS is functionalized with an alkyl group, and the carbon at the benzylic position of these alkyl groups is saturated with at least two additional alkyl groups. The linker is a diamine bound to the alkyl functional groups. The ion exchange membrane material is made via a substantially simultaneous quaternization and crosslinking reaction between the diamine linker and SEBS functionalized with alkyl halide groups. Increasing concentration of crosslinker in produces membranes with reduced water uptake, leading to an expectation of enhanced stability under hydrated conditions and greater durability. Advantageously, this reduction in water uptake came with little change to ion exchange capacity.
Claims (29)
1. An ion exchange membrane material comprising:
a crosslinked polymer network including:
a first polymeric chain, wherein the first polymeric chain comprises:
a first poly(styrene-b-ethylene-r-butylene-b-styrene) triblock copolymer (SEBS), wherein at least one phenyl group of the first SEBS is functionalized with a first alkyl group, and the carbon at the benzylic position of the first alkyl group is saturated with at least two additional alkyl groups;
a second polymeric chain, wherein the second polymeric chain comprises:
a second poly(styrene-b-ethylene-r-butylene-b-styrene) triblock copolymer (SEBS), wherein at least one phenyl group of the second SEBS is functionalized with a second alkyl group, and the carbon at the benzylic position of the second alkyl group is saturated with at least two additional alkyl groups; and
a diamine linker bound to the first alkyl group and the second alkyl group,
wherein the first polymeric chain, the second polymeric chain, and/or the crosslinked polymer network comprises a polyaromatic polymer, a copolymer, a block copolymer, or a combination thereof.
2. The material according to claim 1 , wherein at least one phenyl group of the first polymeric chain or the second polymeric chain is functionalized with an uncrosslinked alkyl group and the uncrosslinked alkyl group including a quaternary ammonium group.
3. The material according to claim 1 , wherein the concentration of diamine linker in the crosslinked polymer network is greater than 5 mol %.
4. The material according to claim 1 , wherein the diamine linker is N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-1,6-hexanediamine.
5. An ion exchange membrane material comprising:
a crosslinked polymer network including:
a first polymeric chain, wherein the first polymeric chain comprises an aromatic main-chain polymer functionalized with a first alkyl group;
a second polymeric chain, wherein the second polymeric chain comprises an aromatic main-chain polymer functionalized with a second alkyl group; and
a diamine linker bound to the first alkyl group and the second alkyl group, wherein the crosslinked polymer network comprises the structure according to formula II:
wherein R includes alkyl and n is 1 or more.
6. The ion exchange membrane material according to claim 5 , wherein the concentration of diamine linker in the crosslinked polymer network is greater than 5 mol %.
7. The ion exchange membrane material according to claim 5 , wherein the diamine linker is N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-1,6-hexanediamine.
8. An ion exchange membrane material comprising:
a crosslinked polymer network including:
a first polymeric chain comprising a first aromatic main-chain block copolymer functionalized with a first alkyl group;
a second polymeric chain comprising a second aromatic main-chain block copolymer functionalized with a second alkyl group; and
a diamine linker bound to the first alkyl group and the second alkyl group,
wherein the first aromatic main-chain block copolymer and the second aromatic main-chain block copolymer is a biphenyl block polymer.
9. The material according to claim 8 , wherein the first aromatic main-chain polymer in the first polymeric chain further comprises —C(CF 3 )(R)—, in which R is the first alkyl group; and/or wherein the second aromatic main-chain polymer in the second polymeric chain further comprises—C(CF 3 )(R)—, in which R is the second alkyl group.
10. The material according to claim 8 , wherein the first aromatic main-chain polymer and the second aromatic main-chain polymer are functionalized with an alkyl halide group.
11. The material according to claim 8 , wherein the concentration of diamine linker in the crosslinked polymer network is greater than 5 mol %.
12. The material according to claim 8 , wherein the diamine linker is N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-1,6-hexanediamine.
Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
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From: BAE, CHULSUNG; JEON, JONG YEOB; HAN, JUNYOUNG; NOH, SANGTAIK
To: RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 073058/0792 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE
Recorded Feb 1, 2024
From: RENSSELAER POLYTECNIC INSTITUTE
To: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Provisional Application
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