Polymer electrolyte material, polymer electrolyte molded product using the polymer electrolyte material and method for manufacturing the polymer electrolyte molded product, membrane electrode composite, and solid polymer fuel cell

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10026983-B2
Application number	US-201715490846-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2017
Priority date	Aug 11, 2006
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a polymer electrolyte material which has excellent proton conductivity even under the conditions of a low humidity or a low temperature and is excellent in mechanical strength and fuel barrier properties, and which moreover can achieve high output, high energy density and long-term durability in forming a polymer electrolyte fuel cell therefrom, and a polymer electrolyte form article using the same and a method for producing the same, a membrane electrode assembly and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, each using the same.
The present invention employs the following means. Namely, the polymer electrolyte material of the present invention is a polymer electrolyte material including a constituent unit (A1) containing an ionic group and a constituent unit (A2) substantially not containing an ionic group, wherein a phase separation structure is observed by a transmission electron microscope and a crystallization heat measured by differential scanning calorimetry is 0.1 J/g or more, or a phase separation structure is observed by a transmission electron microscope and the degree of crystallinity measured by wide angle X-ray diffraction is 0.5% or more. Also, the polymer electrolyte form article, the membrane electrode assembly and the polymer electrolyte fuel cell of the present invention are characterized by being composed of such polymer electrolyte materials.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A polymer electrolyte form article comprising a polymer electrolyte material comprising an ionic group-containing block copolymer comprising a block (B1) containing an ionic group and a block (B2) substantially not containing an ionic group, wherein the block (B2) comprises a protecting group that is removable from the polymer electrolyte form article, wherein the polymer electrolyte form article has a form comprising a membrane form, a plate-like form, a fiber-like form, or a hollow fiber-like form.

2. The polymer electrolyte form article of claim 1 , wherein the polymer electrolyte form article allows penetration of an acid solution.

3. The polymer electrolyte form article of claim 1 , wherein the protecting group is removable at room temperature.

4. The polymer electrolyte form article of claim 1 , wherein the protecting group is removable by an aqueous solution.

5. The polymer electrolyte form article of claim 1 , wherein the block copolymer comprises ketal.

6. The polymer electrolyte form article of claim 1 , wherein the removal of the protecting group comprises generating a ketone group.

7. The polymer electrolyte form article of claim 1 , wherein the polymer electrolyte material comprises polyether ketoneketone, polyetherether ketone, polyetherether ketoneketone, polyether ketone ether ketoneketone, or polyether ketone sulfone.

8. The polymer electrolyte form article of claim 1 , wherein the polymer electrode form article comprises a polymer electrolyte material comprising an ionic group-containing block copolymer comprising a block (B1) containing an ionic group and a block (B2) substantially not containing an ionic group,
wherein the polymer electrolyte material has a phase separation structure,
wherein the polymer electrolyte material has a crystallization heat of 0.1 J/g or more, or a degree of crystallinity of 0.5% or more,
wherein the block (B1) containing an ionic group comprises constituent units represented by the following general formulas (P1):

in the general formulas (P1), A represents a divalent organic group containing an aromatic ring and M 3 and M 4 represent hydrogen, a metal cation, or an ammonium cation; and A may represent two or more kinds of groups:
wherein said A is at least one kind of constituent unit selected from the following general formulas (X-3):

wherein the block (B2) substantially not containing the ionic group comprises a constituent unit represented by a general formula (Q1):

wherein (i) Z1 and Z2 independently represents a divalent organic group comprising one or more aromatic rings; and a and b each independently represent a positive integer; and (ii) Z1 and Z2 do not substantially contain an ionic group,

wherein the block (B1) and/or the block (B2) has a formula weight of 2000 or more.

9. The polymer electrolyte form article of claim 1 , wherein the polymer electrolyte form article has a form comprising a membrane form.

10. The polymer electrolyte form article of claim 9 , wherein the membrane form comprises a film and a film-shaped article.

11. The polymer electrolyte form article of claim 1 ,
wherein the polymer electrolyte material has a phase separation structure,
wherein the polymer electrolyte material has a crystallization heat of 0.1 J/g or more, or a degree of crystallinity of 0.5% or more,
wherein the block (B2) substantially not containing the ionic group comprises a constituent unit represented by a general formula (Q1):

wherein (i) Z1 and Z2 independently represents a divalent organic group comprising one or more aromatic rings; and a and b each independently represent a positive integer; and (ii) Z1 and Z2 do not substantially contain an ionic group,
wherein the block (B1) and/or the block (B2) has a formula weight of 2000 or more.

12. The polymer electrolyte material according to claim 1 , wherein the block (B2) substantially not containing an ionic group comprises a constituent unit represented by one of the following general formula (Q2-Q7):

13. The polymer electrolyte form article of claim 1 , wherein the ionic group has a negative charge.

14. The polymer electrolyte form article of claim 1 , wherein the ionic group has a proton exchange capability.

15. The polymer electrolyte form article of claim 1 , wherein the polymer electrolyte material is resistant to hydrolysis.

Assignees

• Toray Industries

Inventors

• Izuhara Daisuke
• Okada Yuriko

Classifications

• H01M8/1067

  characterised by their physical properties, e.g. porosity, ionic conductivity or thickness · CPC title

• C08J2371/10

  from phenols · CPC title

• H01M8/1025 Primary

  having only carbon and oxygen, e.g. polyethers, sulfonated polyetheretherketones [S-PEEK], sulfonated polysaccharides, sulfonated celluloses or sulfonated polyesters · CPC title

• H01M8/1072

  by chemical reactions, e.g. in situ polymerisation or in situ crosslinking · CPC title

• C08G65/4012

  Other compound (II) containing a ketone group, e.g. X-Ar-C(=O)-Ar-X for polyetherketones · CPC title