US Patent Issued on Aug. 12 for "Anion exchange polymers and anion exchange membranes incorporating same" (Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,872, issued on Aug. 12.

"Anion exchange polymers and anion exchange membranes incorporating same" was invented by Bamdad Bahar (Harrington, Del.) and Chulsung Bae (Harrington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anion exchange membrane is made by mixing 2 trifluoroMethyl Ketone [nominal] (1.12 g, 4.53 mmol), 1 BiPhenyl (0.70 g, 4.53 mmol), methylene chloride (3.0 mL), trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TFSA) (3.0 mL) to produce a pre-polymer. The pre-polymer is then functionalized to produce an anion exchange polymer. The pre-polymer may be functionalized with trimethylamine in solution with water. The pre-polymer may be imbibed into ...