I think that research on hydrocarbon polyelectrolytes is an interesting field because of the development of high temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs).

Hydrocarbon polyelectrolytes provide not only economical electrolyte membranes but also high electrochemical and chemical properties such as high proton conductivity, controllable water uptake, and mechanochemical phenomenon with high durability.

Research on polymer electrolytes is indispensable in order to put (PEFCs) to practical use. Many PEFC assembly companies expect the development of economical and high performance polymer electrolytes to improve their performance and to reduce costs. However, they are not satisfied with the performance and potential of the current polymer electrolytes such as perfluorinated polyelectrolytes. This paper describes hydrocarbon polymer electrolytes which are one of the promising electrolyte materials for PEFCs.

We are interested in ion conduction in polymer materials. We have tried to take advantage of the electrochemical properties of polyelectrolytes in our search for a new energy source.