US Patent Issued to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on June 3 for "Ionic functionalization of aromatic polymers for ion exchange membranes" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,770, issued on June 3, was assigned to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, N.Y.).

"Ionic functionalization of aromatic polymers for ion exchange membranes" was invented by Chulsung Bae (Cohoes, N.Y.), Eun Joo Park (Troy, N.Y.), Sangtaik Noh (Troy, N.Y.) and Michael Pagels (Troy, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electrochemical energy conversion system of the present disclosure includes an anode, a cathode, and an ion exchange membrane including a polymer having an aromatic polymer chain and an alkylated substrate including an alkyl chain, and at least one ionic group. The alkylated substrate is bound to at least one aromati...