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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2005
David Roger Moore, Albany, NY (US);
Hongyi Zhou, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Daniel Steiger, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Joyce Hung, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Daniel Joseph Brunelle, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Hongwei Liu, Troy, NY (US);
Marianne Elisabeth Harmon, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David Roger Moore, Albany, NY (US);
Hongyi Zhou, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Daniel Steiger, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Joyce Hung, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Daniel Joseph Brunelle, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Hongwei Liu, Troy, NY (US);
Marianne Elisabeth Harmon, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Novel polyethersulfone compositions have been discovered which incorporate structural subunits derived from sulfonated bis(halophenyl)sulfones, dihydroxy terphenyls, and/or bis(hydroxyphenyl)pyridines. The sulfonated polyethersulfones show promise as materials for use in polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) in fuel cells owing to their high proton conductivities (0.02-0.07 S/cm at 20° C. and 100 percent humidity). In addition, a novel unsulfonated thermoplastic polyethersulfone comprising structural subunits derived from a non-sulfonated bis(halophenyl)sulfone bis4-fluorophenyl)sulfone and 4,4'-dihydroxyphenyl-2,6-pyridine (CAS No. 171820-16-9) is disclosed.