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US 12,227,627 · App. 18/535,450 · Granted Feb 18, 2025
Polybenzimidazole films
Inventors:
Laura A. Murdock (Columbia, SC); Lihui Wang (West Columbia, SC); Fei Huang (Columbia, SC); Brian C. Benicewicz (Columbia, SC)
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
C08J5/2256B01D67/00111B01D67/00135B01D67/0093B01D69/10B01D2323/30B01D2323/40B01D2325/0283B01D2325/42C08J2379/04
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Abstract
Novel PBI films which may be used in electrochemical cells, such as redox flow batteries, are disclosed. Additionally, disclosed herein are membranes which comprise the novel PBI films which may be free from an organic solvent, and have a tensile strength at break of at least 25 MPa after drying.
Claims (16)
1. A membrane comprising a polybenzimidazole, wherein the membrane is free of organic solvent and the membrane exhibits a tensile stress at break of at least 25 MPa after drying.
2. The membrane of claim 1 , wherein the polybenzimidazole is a sulfonated polybenzimidazole.
3. The membrane of claim 1 , wherein the dried membrane has a thickness of from 5 micrometers to 150 micrometers.
4. The membrane of claim 1 , wherein the membrane exhibits a conductivity of 537 mS·cm −1 to 593 mS·cm −1 in 2.6 M sulfuric acid.
5. The membrane of claim 1 , further comprising a supporting electrolyte imbibed in the membrane.
6. The membrane of claim 5 , wherein the imbibed membrane exhibits a VOSO 4 permeability of from 2.6×10 −9 cm 2 /s to 4.89×10 −7 cm 2 /s.
7. The membrane of claim 5 , the supporting electrolyte comprising sulfuric acid.
8. The membrane of claim 5 , the supporting electrolyte comprising a mineral acid or an organic acid or a mixture thereof.
9. The membrane of claim 5 , the supporting electrolyte comprising sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium sulfide, potassium sulfide, or a combination thereof.
10. The membrane of claim 5 , wherein the supporting electrolyte is present in the membrane at a concentration of from 0.1 M to 25 M.
11. The membrane of claim 1 , wherein the membrane exhibits an in-plane ionic conductivity in a 2.6 M sulfuric acid solution of about 100 mS/cm or greater.
12. A redox flow battery including the membrane of claim 1 .
13. The redox flow battery of claim 12 , wherein the redox flow battery is a vanadium redox flow battery.
14. The redox flow battery of claim 12 , wherein the redox flow battery operates at a current density of from about 100 mA/cm 2 to about 500 mA/cm 2 .
15. The redox flow batter of claim 12 , wherein at a current density of 242 mA/cm 2 the redox flow battery exhibits a coulombic efficiency of about 90% or greater, an energy efficiency of about 75% or greater, and a voltage efficiency of about 80% or greater.
16. The redox flow batter of claim 12 , wherein at a current density of 483 mA/cm 2 the redox flow battery exhibits a coulombic efficiency of about 90% or greater, an energy efficiency of about 65% or greater, and a voltage efficiency of about 65% or greater.
Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Dec 12, 2023
From: MURDOCK, LAURA A.; HUANG, FEI; WANG, LIHUI; BENICEWICZ, BRIAN C.
To: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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Continuity (5)
Provisional Application
62731152
· Sep 14, 2018
Provisional Application
62731156
· Sep 14, 2018
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