The invention is to provide a polymer electrolyte composition excellent in practicality which has such an excellent chemical stability as to be able to withstand a strong oxidizing atmosphere during operation of a fuel cell and is capable of achieving excellent proton conductivity under a low-humidified condition and excellent mechanical strength and physical durability as well as a polymer electrolyte membrane, a membrane electrode assembly, and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell which use the polymer electrolyte composition. The polymer electrolyte membrane of the invention is a polymer electrolyte membrane that contains at least an ionic group-containing polymer electrolyte and a polyazole, which is a polymer electrolyte membrane in which a phase separation of 2 nm or larger in which the polyazole is a main component is not observed in transmission type electron microscopic observation.
本发明旨在提供一种实用性极佳的聚合物电解质组合物,该组合物具有极佳的
化学稳定性,能够在燃料电池运行期间耐受强氧化性气氛,并且能够在低湿度条件下实现极佳的质子传导性,同时还具有极佳的机械强度和物理耐久性,以及使用该聚合物电解质组合物的聚合物电解质膜、膜电极组件和聚合物电解质燃料电池。本发明的聚合物电解质膜是一种聚合物电解质膜,它至少含有一种含离子基团的聚合物电解质和一种聚唑,是一种在透射型电子显微镜观察中未观察到以聚唑为主要成分的 2 nm 或更大的相分离的聚合物电解质膜。