University of California

Mc Research & Innovation Center

Materials and Electrochemical Resarch (Mer) Corp.

Ken Tasaki

Galen D Stucky

Arunkumar Venkatesan

Raouf Loutfy

Fred Wudl

Hengbin Wang

Perumal Pugazhendhi

Wenbin Hong

Bruno Jousselme

The components of and a proton conducting membrane (PCM) produced from a host polymer and an attached or physically blended in hydrogen cyano fullerene proton-source agent, with the physical blending of the host polymer and hydrogen cyano fullerene further promoted by a poly(ethylene oxide) attached fullerene mixing agent.

Hydrogen cyano fullerene containing proton conducting membranes

An organic-inorganic hydrophilic polymer-oxide hybrid proton conducting membrane (PCM) is produced from a host organic polymer, a filler inorganic oxide, and a proton-source with a pKa less than about 5. Usually, the subject invention comprises PCMs containing host polymer-x-strong acid-y-filler oxide, wherein x is between about 1 and about 10 (with 'x' as the molar ratio of acid anion to polymer repeat unit) and y&#x2266;about 50% (with 'y' the weight percentage of filler oxide in the composite).

Hydrophilic polymer-oxide-phosphoric acid compositions for proton conducting membranes

Proton conductive fullerene materials are incorporated in minor amounts into various polymeric materials to enhance the low relative humidity proton conductivity properties of the polymeric material. The resulting proton conductors may be used as polymer electrolyte membranes in fuel cells operative over a wide range of relative humidity conditions and over a wide range of temperatures from below room temperature to above the boiling point of water.

Fullerene-based electrolyte for fuel cells

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Goleta, CA, United States of America

Ken Tasaki