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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
Joyce Hung, Auburn, AL (US);
Daniel Joseph Brunelle, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Marianne Elisabeth Harmon, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
David Roger Moore, Albany, NY (US);
Joshua James Stone, Worcester, NY (US);
Hongyi Zhou, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Joseph Anthony Suriano, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Joyce Hung, Auburn, AL (US);
Daniel Joseph Brunelle, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Marianne Elisabeth Harmon, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
David Roger Moore, Albany, NY (US);
Joshua James Stone, Worcester, NY (US);
Hongyi Zhou, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Joseph Anthony Suriano, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A composition including a polyarylether copolymer is provided. The copolymer includes a polyarylether backbone; and a sulfonated oligomeric group bonded to the polyarylether suitable for use as a cation conducting membrane. Method of bonding a sulfonated oligomeric group to the polyarylether backbone to form a polyarylether copolymer. The membrane may be formed from the polyarylether copolymer composition. The chain length of the sulfonated oligomeric group may be controlled to affect or control the ion conductivity of the membrane.