Novel anion exchange membranes based on imidazolium ionic liquids have been successfully prepared via free radical copolymerization and solution-casting method. The synthetic routes of IILs and copolymers have the advantages of simple manufacturing process and low cost, and they are suitable for large-scale industrial productions. The properties of the copolymers could be tuned by varying the monomer ratios in the reactants. The chemical structures of the synthesized IILs and membranes are confirmed by FTIR. The TGA curves show excellent thermal stability of these membranes and the onset decomposition temperatures are above 200 C. A appropriate level of water uptake, high ionic exchange capacity and ionic conductivity could be achieved. The water uptake, IEC and ionic conductivity of membrane A are as high as 56.8%, 1.26 mmol g1 and 2.26 102 S cm1 at 30 C, respectively. The ionic conductivity could be enhanced by raising the temperature, reaching to 4.92 102 S cm1 at 80 C. All the membranes show excellent chemical stability after treated in high pH concentrations of NaOH solution at 60 C for 120 h. Membrane A is used in the fuel cell test and the open circuit voltage (OCV) of the H2/O2 fuel cell is 1.07 V. The power densities of the H2/O2 fuel cell attain a peak value of 116 mW cm2 at a current density of 230 mA cm2 at 60 C. These results have demonstrated brilliant prospect of the synthesized membranes for alkaline fuel cell applications. Further work to optimize the MEA fabrication and fuel cell testing conditions is in progress.