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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 51, Issue 8, Pages 3212-3218Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00209
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- Ford Motor Co.
- National Science Foundation (NSF-MRI) [CHE-1531632]
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In order to prepare base-stable, mechanically strong, and synthetically feasible alkaline anion exchange membranes (AAEMs) for applications in alkaline fuel cells, an imidazolium-fused cyclooctene monomer was prepared and subjected to ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) conditions. Surprisingly, macrocyclic oligomers were obtained instead of high molecular weight polymers. High-performance AAEMs were synthesized by using a bifunctional monomer to cross-link the macrocycles. The resultant AAEMs showed high ionic conductivities (sigma(-)(OH) = 59 mS/cm at 50 degrees C), robust mechanical properties, and excellent alkaline stabilities.
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