Tetrazole tethered polymers for alkaline anion exchange membranes

2018, Volume 12, Issue 2

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Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering >> 2018, Volume 12, Issue 2 doi: 10.1007/s11705-017-1690-7

Tetrazole tethered polymers for alkaline anion exchange membranes

CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, School of Chemistry and Material Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

Accepted: 2018-02-26 Available online: 2018-05-09

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Abstract

Poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) was tethered with a 1,5-disubstituted tetrazole through a quaternary ammonium linkage. The formation of a tetrazole-ion network in the resulting polymers was found to promote the hydroxide ion transport through the Grotthus-type mechanism.

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anion exchange membrane ; fuel cell ; phase separation ; tetrazole

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