Abstract: Provided is an acid gas adsorption and desorption material which is capable of satisfying both excellent durability and high adsorption and desorption amounts, and is also good in terms of desorption energy. The acid gas adsorption and desorption material has acid gas adsorption and desorption capabilities and is capable of adsorbing 0.35 mmol/g or more of acid gas within 15 hours under one or more acid gas adsorption conditions, in an atmosphere whose acid gas concentration is 400 ppm±10 ppm, and then desorbing 50% or more of the adsorbed acid gas within 1.5 hours under one or more acid gas desorption conditions.

Abstract: Provided is a carbon-dioxide capture and treatment system comprising: a carbon dioxide-enriched mixture gas generation device comprising a separation membrane capable of increasing a carbon dioxide concentration of a mixture gas taken therein, thereby generating a carbon dioxide-enriched mixture gas; a carbon dioxide conversion device configured to convert carbon dioxide in the enriched mixture gas received from the carbon dioxide-enriched mixture gas generation device, into a chemically stable compound; a final treatment device comprising an adsorbent, wherein the final treatment device is configured to adsorb the carbon dioxide by the adsorbent, thereby separating the carbon dioxide from other gas components; and a carbon dioxide direct capture device configured to take in air contained in an ambient environment, and supply the taken-in air to the final treatment device or an upstream side thereof in the carbon-dioxide capture and treatment system.

Abstract: The electrolyte membrane of the present disclosure includes a phase A forming a matrix phase, and a phase B. The phase B is continuous from a first principal surface of the electrolyte membrane to a second principal surface of the electrolyte membrane opposite to the first principal surface. The phase B includes a graft polymer having a main chain and a graft chain. The graft chain has a functional group having anion-exchange ability. The main chain preferably has no functional group having anion-exchange ability. The electrolyte membrane of the present disclosure can reliably maintain the function as a separation membrane even when decomposition reaction by a peroxide occurs.

Abstract: Provided is an ionomer resin including a copolymer containing the following first structural unit. L1 to L5 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkanol group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a specific functional group including an anion-exchange group, and an example of the functional group is —Z2-M1-Z1(R1)(R2)(R3). R1 to R3 are directly bonded to Z1 and are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an alkanol group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms. M1 is a linear hydrocarbon chain having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, Z1 is a nitrogen atom or a phosphorus atom, and Z2 is a nitrogen atom bonded to one hydrogen atom, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom. L6 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group.

Abstract: Provided is a resin including a copolymer having a first structural unit and/or second structural unit and a structural unit having a polar group. R1, R2, R5, and R6 are each independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R3 and R4 are each independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, A1 is a saturated carbon chain having 3 to 7 carbon atoms or a structure resulting from substitution of a heteroatom for a part of the carbon atoms of the saturated carbon chain, m and n are each independently 0 or 1, and X1 and X2 are each independently a halide ion, a hydroxide ion, or an anion of an organic or inorganic acid.

Abstract: The electrolyte membrane of the present disclosure includes a phase A forming a matrix phase, and a phase B. The phase B is continuous from a first principal surface of the electrolyte membrane to a second principal surface of the electrolyte membrane opposite to the first principal surface. The phase B includes a graft polymer having a main chain and a graft chain. The graft chain has a functional group having anion-exchange ability. The main chain preferably has no functional group having anion-exchange ability. The electrolyte membrane of the present disclosure can reliably maintain the function as a separation membrane even when decomposition reaction by a peroxide occurs.

Abstract: Provided is a resin including a copolymer having a first structural unit and/or second structural unit and a structural unit having a polar group. R1, R2, R5, and R6 are each independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, R3 and R4 are each independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, A1 is a saturated carbon chain having 3 to 7 carbon atoms or a structure resulting from substitution of a heteroatom for a part of the carbon atoms of the saturated carbon chain, m and n are each independently 0 or 1, and X1 and X2 are each independently a halide ion, a hydroxide ion, or an anion of an organic or inorganic acid.

Abstract: Provided is an anion-exchange membrane including: a substrate composed of a film of ultrahigh molecular weight polyolefin; and a graft chain having the following structural unit. L1 to L5 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkanol group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a specific functional group including an anion-exchange group, and an example of the functional group is —Z2-M1-Z1(R1)(R2)(R3). R1 to R3 are directly bonded to Z1 and are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an alkanol group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms. M1 is a linear hydrocarbon chain having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, Z1 is a nitrogen atom or a phosphorus atom, and Z2 is a nitrogen atom bonded to one hydrogen atom, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom. L6 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group.

Abstract: Provided is an ionomer resin including a copolymer containing the following first structural unit. L1 to L5 are each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkanol group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a specific functional group including an anion-exchange group, and an example of the functional group is —Z2-M1-Z1(R1)(R2)(R3). R1 to R3 are directly bonded to Z1 and are each independently an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or an alkanol group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms. M1 is a linear hydrocarbon chain having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, Z1 is a nitrogen atom or a phosphorus atom, and Z2 is a nitrogen atom bonded to one hydrogen atom, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom. L6 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group.

Abstract: The membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of the present invention is a fuel cell MEA including an anion exchange membrane and a catalyst layer disposed on the surface of the membrane. In the MEA, the anion exchange membrane is an anion-conducting polymer electrolyte membrane in which a graft chain having anion conducting ability is graft-polymerized on a substrate formed of a skived film of ultra-high molecular weight polyolefin. This MEA has various superior properties for achieving an improvement in the power output of an anion exchange PEFC compared to conventional MEAs.

Abstract: The membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of the present invention is a fuel cell MEA including an anion exchange membrane and a catalyst layer disposed on the surface of the membrane. In the MEA, the anion exchange membrane is an anion-conducting polymer electrolyte membrane in which a graft chain having anion conducting ability is graft-polymerized on a substrate formed of a skived film of ultra-high molecular weight polyolefin. This MEA has various superior properties for achieving an improvement in the power output of an anion exchange PEFC compared to conventional MEAs.

Abstract: The method for producing an anion exchange membrane according to the present invention includes the steps of irradiating a substrate composed of a hydrocarbon polymer with radiation and heat-treating the irradiated substrate so as to form a crosslinked structure between chains of the hydrocarbon polymer contained in the substrate; further irradiating the substrate, in which the crosslinked structure has been formed, with radiation and graft-polymerizing, onto the irradiated substrate, a monomer containing a site into which a functional group having anion conducting ability can be introduced and an unsaturated carbon-carbon bond so as to form a graft chain composed of the polymerized monomer; and introducing the functional group having anion conducting ability into the site of the formed graft chain.

Abstract: A method of the present invention for producing an anion exchange membrane includes the steps of: (i) irradiating a first polymer film with radiation; and (ii) graft-polymerizing a monomer containing a site into which a functional group having anion conducting ability can be introduced and an unsaturated carbon-carbon bond onto the radiation-irradiated first polymer film so as to form a second polymer film containing grafted chains. This method further includes the subsequent steps of: (a) subjecting the second polymer film to a treatment including irradiation with radiation so as to introduce a crosslinked structure into the grafted chains; and (b) introducing the functional group having anion conducting ability into the site.