The present disclosure relates to compositions including a core moiety and a plurality of polymeric units, in which at least one of these can include an ionizable moiety or an ionic moiety. Materials, devices, and methods using such compositions are also described.

Ion-conductive membranes composed of glassy organic frameworks are provided. Also provided are devices incorporating the ion-conductive membranes and methods of making the ion-conductive membranes. The glassy organic framework membranes can be synthesized from nitrile- and/or acetyl-group containing monomers using thermally controlled, step-wise nitrile and/or acetyl trimerization reactions and film casting techniques.

Provided are compositions including a core moiety and a plurality of polymeric units, in which at least one of these can include an ionizable moiety or an ionic moiety. The core moiety may be a multivalent core moiety, trivalent core moiety, tetravalent core moiety, pentavalent core moiety, or multivalent arylene moiety. Materials, electrochemical cells, and methods using such compositions are also described.