Dioxide Materials, Inc.

Richard L Masel

Zengcai Liu

Qingmei Chen

Robert Kutz

An ion conducting polymeric composition mixture comprises a copolymer of styrene and vinylbenzyl-R. Ris selected from the group consisting of imidazoliums and pyridiniums. The composition contains 10%-90% by weight of vinylbenzyl-R. The composition can further comprise a polyolefin comprising substituted polyolefins, a polymer comprising cyclic amine groups, a polymer comprising at least one of a phenylene group and a phenyl group, a polyamide, and/or the reaction product of a constituent having two carbon-carbon double bonds. The composition can be in the form of a membrane. In a preferred embodiment, the membrane is a Helper Membrane that increases the faradaic efficiency of an electrochemical cell into which the membrane is incorporated, and also allows product formation at lower voltages than in cells without the Helper Membrane.

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Boca Raton, FL, United States of America

Richard L Masel