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A novel alkaline exchange ionomer (AEI) was prepared from the radiation-grafting of vinylbenzyl chloride (VBC) onto poly(ethylene-co- tetrafluoroethylene) [ETFE] powders with powder particle sizes of less than 100 μm diameter. Quaternisation of the VBC grafted ETFE powders with trimethylamine resulted in AEIs that were chemically the same as the ETFE-based radiation-grafted alkaline anion exchange membranes (AAEM) that had been previously developed for use in low temperature alkaline polymer electrolyte fuel cells (APEFC). The integration of the AEI powders into the catalyst layers (CL) of both electrodes resulted in a H2/O2 fuel cell peak power density of 240 mW cm-2 at 50°C (compared to 180 mW cm -2 with a benchmark membrane electrode assembly containing identical components apart from the use of a previous generation AEI). This result is promising considering the wholly un-optimised nature of the AEI inclusion into the catalyst layersWe thank AGC Chemicals Europe (UK) for supplying the ETFE  powders for this investigation and Chris Burt for his assistance  in obtaining the SEM images. We thank the Engineering and  Physical Science Research Council for supporting this research  (grant numbers EP/H025340/1 and EP/I004882/1) and the  Comunidad Autonoma de Madrid project RESTOENE (S2009/  ENE-1743) for funding Ricardo Escudero-Cid's summer placement  at University of Surrey. We also would also like to thank  US DOE Early Career Program funding (awarded to Prof William  Mustain) through Award Number DE-SC001053

Preparation of radiation-grafted powders for use as anion exchange ionomers in alkaline polymer electrolyte fuel cells