ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,103, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FFI IONIX IP INC. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Anion exchange polymers and anion exchange membranes for direct ammonia fuel cells" was invented by Bamdad Bahar (Georgetown, Del.) and Taoli Gu (Harrington, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anion exchange polymer includes aryl ether linkage free polyarylenes having aromatic/polyaromatic rings in polymer backbone and a tethered alkyl quaternary ammonium hydroxide side groups. This anion exchange polymer may be utilized in an anion exchange process and may be made into a thin anion transfer membrane. An ion transfer membrane may be mechanically reinfo...