Patent ID: 8362096
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: B82Y,C01B,C08J,H01B,H01M,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of making a proton conductive polymer comprising: combining a fullerene with a spacer-molecule precursor wherein each of said spacer-molecule precursors is at least partially fluorinated molecule; adding a linking molecular precursor to form a plurality of cross-linked first reaction products; and protonating the cross-linked first reaction product so as to form a polymeric compound including a proton conductive functional group attached to said fullerene by a spacer molecule that is formed from said spacer-molecule precursor that is at least partially fluorinated; wherein said fullerenes are C said step is carried out with a one equivalent amount of C wherein y is a natural number of at least two, and n is a natural number of up to about 8.