To provide: an electrolyte material having high oxygen permeability as compared with conventional ones; a membrane electrode assembly for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell excellent in power generation characteristics as compared with conventional ones; a liquid composition suitable for forming a catalyst layer for the membrane electrode assembly; and a fluorinated branched polymer useful as e.g. a raw material of the electrolyte material. The electrolyte material comprises a fluoropolymer (H)1 having a structural unit (u1) that has an ionic group and a structural unit (u2) that has an alicyclic structure, wherein the fluoropolymer (H)1 is composed of a branched molecular chain, and has a segment (A)3 comprising a molecular chain having the structural unit (u1) and a segment (B)2 composed of a molecular chain having the structural unit (u2), and the ion exchange capacity of the segment (B)2 is smaller than the ion exchange capacity of the segment (A)3.
                            提供:一种与传统材料相比具有高
氧气渗透性的电解质材料;一种与传统材料相比发电特性优异的聚合物电解质燃料电池膜电极组件;一种适用于形成膜电极组件催化剂层的液体组合物;以及一种可用作电解质材料原料等的含
氟支化聚合物。电解质材料包括含
氟聚合物 (H)1,其结构单元 (u1) 具有离子基团,结构单元 (u2) 具有脂环结构,其中含
氟聚合物 (H)1 由支化分子链组成、具有由具有结构单元(u1)的分子链和具有结构单元(u2)的分子链组成的区段(B)2 的区段(A)3,且区段(B)2 的离子交换容量小于区段(A)3 的离子交换容量。