Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Lois Hobson

Yoshihiko Nakano

Shuji Hayase

Disclosed is an ion conductive film containing a composite body between an ion conductive polymer and a nitrogen-containing compound. The nitrogen-containing compound has an immobilized portion to the ion conductive polymer and exhibits an enantiomeric isomer structure when protonated. Alternatively, the nitrogen-containing compound is capable of assuming a chemical structure in which the multiple bond represented by the double bound is moved, with the atoms constituting the molecule not changing their positions.

Ion conductive film and fuel cell using the same

Disclosed is an ion conductive film containing a composite body between an ion conductive polymer and a nitrogen-containing compound and a fuel cell including the composite body. The nitrogen-containing compound has an immobilized portion to the ion conductive polymer and exhibits a resonance structure when protonated. The nitrogen-containing compound having a resonance structure when protonated is capable of assuming a chemical structure in which the multiple bond represented by the double bond is moved, with the atoms constituting the molecule not changing their positions.

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Lois Hobson