US Patent Issued to RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE on May 20 for "Alkaline anion exchange membranes derived from diphenylethylene and co-monomer feedstock" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,880, issued on May 20, was assigned to RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (Troy, N.Y.).

"Alkaline anion exchange membranes derived from diphenylethylene and co-monomer feedstock" was invented by Sangwoo Lee (Cohoes, N.Y.), Chulsung Bae (Cohoes, N.Y.), Musashi J. Briem (Troy, N.Y.) and Sungmin Park (Troy, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The anion exchange membranes exhibit enhanced chemical stability and ion conductivity when compared with traditional styrene-based alkaline anion exchange membranes. A copolymer backbone is polymerized from a reaction medium that includes a diphenylalkylene and an alkadiene. The copolymer includes a ...