Provided is a method for manufacturing a membrane-electrode assembly. The method includes forming an electrode layer, preparing a porous support layer, and positioning the electrode layer on each of both surfaces of the porous support layer and hot-pressing the electrode layer positioned on the both surfaces. The forming of the electrode layer incudes forming a functional layer including a hydrogen ion conductive binder resin on at least a portion of an electrode catalyst layer, and forming an electrolyte layer on at least a portion of the functional layer. The preparing of the porous support layer includes performing a pretreatment process by impregnating the porous support layer with a pretreatment composition, and the performing of the pretreatment process includes dipping the porous support layer in a first pretreatment composition and then drying the porous support layer, and dipping the porous support layer after drying in a second pretreatment composition.

The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing an electrolyte membrane for fuel cells capable of effectively removing hydrogen and/or air crossing over. Specifically, the method includes coating a slurry including at least an ionomer on a substrate to manufacture an ion transfer layer, manufacturing a laminate including the substrate and the ion transfer layer, and providing a pair of laminates to form an electrolyte membrane, wherein the ion transfer layer has a catalyst region formed at one side thereof based on a width-direction center line thereof, the catalyst region including a catalyst.

A boron-containing proton-exchange solid support may include a proton-exchange solid support comprising an oxygen atom and a tetravalent boron-based acid group comprising a boron atom covalently bonded to the oxygen atom.

To provide an electrolyte membrane wherein pinholes are less likely to occur even when used in a cell having an anode and a cathode under voltage for a prolonged period of time, as well as an electrolysis apparatus and a redox flow battery which contain the membrane. An electrolyte membrane comprising a fluorinated polymer containing ion-exchange groups and a woven fabric, wherein said woven fabric consists of yarns A extending in one direction and yarns B extending in a direction orthogonal to said yarns A, the aspect ratio YA.sub.CA2/YA.sub.CA1 exceeds 1 and is larger than the aspect ratio YA.sub.A2/YA.sub.A1, and the aspect ratio YA.sub.CB2/YA.sub.CB1 exceeds 1 and is larger than the aspect ratio YA.sub.B2/YA.sub.B1. (YA.sub.CA2, YA.sub.CA1, YA.sub.A2, YA.sub.A1, YA.sub.CB2, YA.sub.CB1, YA.sub.B2 and YA.sub.B1 are as defined in the specification.)

Disclosed are a polymer electrolyte membrane and a membrane-electrode assembly comprising same, the membrane having, without a deterioration in performance such as ion conductivity, excellent mechanical properties, so as to ensure the manufacture of a membrane-electrode assembly having such high durability that the wet/dry cycle, which is measured according to accelerated durability test method of a NEDO protocol, is 30,000 times or more. The polymer electrolyte membrane of the present invention comprises: a porous support having a plurality of pores; and a composite layer including ionomers that fill the pores, wherein the ratio (IS/FS) of the stab initial strain (IS) of the polymer electrolyte membrane to the stab final strain (FS) of the polymer electrolyte membrane is 0.4 to 1.0.

A method for flattening the proton exchange membrane for the fuel cell and an apparatus therefor are used in flattening the proton exchange membrane which is soaked with phosphoric acid. The control precision of this method can be higher than the traditional adsorption method. The mechanical transfer of proton exchange membrane can be realized so that the processing efficiency of proton exchange membrane in the process of fuel cell membrane electrode assembly is greatly improved.

An anion exchange polymer includes aryl ether linkage free polyarylenes having aromatic/polyaromatic rings in polymer backbone and a tethered alkyl quaternary ammonium hydroxide side groups. This anion exchange polymer may be utilized in an anion exchange process and may be made into a thin anion transfer membrane. An ion transfer membrane may be mechanically reinforced having one or more layers of functional polymer based on a terphenyl backbone with quaternary ammonium functional groups and an inert porous scaffold material for reinforcement. An anion exchange membrane may have multilayers of anion exchange polymers which each containing varying types of backbones, varying degrees of functionalization, or varying functional groups to reduce ammonia crossover through the membrane.

An anion exchange polymer includes aryl ether linkage free polyarylenes having aromatic/polyaromatic rings in polymer backbone and a tethered alkyl quaternary ammonium hydroxide side groups. This anion exchange polymer may be utilized in an anion exchange process and may be made into a thin anion transfer membrane. An ion transfer membrane may be mechanically reinforced having one or more layers of functional polymer based on a terphenyl backbone with quaternary ammonium functional groups and an inert porous scaffold material for reinforcement. An anion exchange membrane may have multilayers of anion exchange polymers which each containing varying types of backbones, varying degrees of functionalization, or varying functional groups to reduce ammonia crossover through the membrane.

A method for producing a catalyst-coated membrane includes: preparing and/or providing a first ink having a first ink composition, comprising substrated catalyst particles proton-conducting ionomer and dispersing agent, in which the fraction of the substrated catalyst particles remains behind the fraction of the proton-conducting ionomer; preparing and/or providing at least one second ink having a second ink composition, comprising the substrated catalyst particles, the proton-conducting ionomer and the dispersing agent, in which the fraction of the proton-conducting ionomer remains behind the fraction of the substrated catalyst particles, unwinding a weblike proton-conducting membrane material provided on a roll; applying at least one layer of the first ink with a first application tool onto at least one section of the membrane material; and applying at least one layer of the second ink with a second application tool onto an outermost layer of the first ink deposited onto the membrane material

A method for producing a catalyst-coated membrane includes: preparing and/or providing a first ink having a first ink composition, comprising substrated catalyst particles proton-conducting ionomer and dispersing agent, in which the fraction of the substrated catalyst particles remains behind the fraction of the proton-conducting ionomer; preparing and/or providing at least one second ink having a second ink composition, comprising the substrated catalyst particles, the proton-conducting ionomer and the dispersing agent, in which the fraction of the proton-conducting ionomer remains behind the fraction of the substrated catalyst particles, unwinding a weblike proton-conducting membrane material provided on a roll; applying at least one layer of the first ink with a first application tool onto at least one section of the membrane material; and applying at least one layer of the second ink with a second application tool onto an outermost layer of the first ink deposited onto the membrane material