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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168158 | Base-facilitated produciton of hydrogen from carbonaceous matter A base-facilitated process for producing hydrogen. Hydrogen is produced from a reaction of carbonaceous matter with a base and water, preferably through the formation of a bicarbonate or carbonate by-product. The base-facilitated hydrogen-producing reactions are the... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7799296 | Method of producing a nickel salt solution A method for converting nickel into a nickel salt solution. Nickel is dissolved and reacted in an oxygen-enriched acidic solution to produce a nickel salt solution as illustrated in the following chemical equation, wherein X is a conjugate base: Ni+H2... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7727662 | Low temperature alkaline fuel cell A low temperature alkaline fuel cell having a hydrogen electrode and an oxygen electrode, both of which are comprised of high performance non-precious metal catalytic materials providing high performance at low temperatures. ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7700071 | Production of hydrogen via a base-facilitated reaction of carbon monoxide A method of producing hydrogen gas from a reaction of carbon monoxide with a base. Hydrogen is produced in a reaction of a base with carbon monoxide that proceeds through the formation of a bicarbonate or carbonate compound as a by-product. In some embodiments, the ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7588676 | Base-facilitated production of hydrogen from carbonaceous matter A base-facilitated process for producing hydrogen. Hydrogen is produced from a reaction of carbonaceous matter with a base and water, preferably through the formation of a bicarbonate or carbonate by-product. The base-facilitated hydrogen-producing reactions are the... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7547487 | Multi-cell battery assembly A multi-cell battery in which a plurality of electrochemical cells are disposed in a battery case. The battery case includes one or more partitions which divide the interior of the case into a plurality of cell compartments that house the electrochemical cells. The ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7494739 | Fuel cell A fuel cell. The anode of the fuel cell comprises a hydrogen oxidation catalyst comprising a finely divided metal alloy particulate. The metal alloy particulate has an average particle size of less than about 100 Angstroms. ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7494581 | Production of hydrogen from non-cyclic organic substances having multiple alcohol functionality A method of producing hydrogen gas from a reaction of an organic substance having multiple alcohol functionality with a base. Hydrogen can be produced in a reaction of a base with an organic substance having multiple alcohol functionality that may proceed through th... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7481992 | Base-facilitated reformation reactions of organic substances A base-facilitated reformation reaction. Hydrogen is produced from a reaction of an organic substance with a base to form bicarbonate ion or carbonate ion as a by-product. The base-facilitated reformation reactions are thermodynamically more spontaneous than convent... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7462577 | Method of making a catalyst A method of making a catalyst. The method comprises the step of leaching a portion of the bulk of an alloy. The alloy may be a hydrogen storage alloy. ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7396379 | Hydrogen storage battery; positive nickel electrode; positive electrode active material and methods for making A hydrogen storage battery with improved cycle life and a method for making the same. The battery has a negative electrode with an electrochemically active negative material and a negative electrode capacity and a positive electrode electrochemically coupled with th... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393500 | Hydrogen storage alloys having improved cycle life and low temperature operating characteristics Electrochemical and gas phase hydrogen storage alloy compositions that provide superior performance, especially at low temperature, and excellent cycle life characteristics. The alloys of this invention are AB5 type alloys that include a cycle life enhanc... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7364717 | Process for converting nickel to nickel sulfate A preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a process for making nickel sulfate by converting nickel metal into nickel sulfate, which may be converted to nickel hydroxide. Nickel metal is dissolved in sulfuric acid and oxygen containing gas is introduce... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7344677 | Hydrogen storage alloys having improved cycle life and low temperature operating characteristics A reversible hydrogen storage alloy for electrochemical and thermal hydrogen storage having excellent kinetics and improved performance at low temperatures and excellent cycle life. The compositions of the hydrogen storage alloy is modified to achieve excellent perf... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7294434 | Nickel Hydroxide electrode material with improved microstructure and method for making the same Nickel hydroxide material comprising particles with a microstructure including crystallites of less than 103 Å as measured in the 101 direction by x-ray diffraction. A method of making positive electrode material for use in an alkaline rechargeable electroc... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294431 | Battery employing thermally conductive polymer case A battery having at least one group of electric power-generating elements each comprising at least a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator; and a battery case containing the group of electric power-generating elements. The battery case is formed f... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7264901 | Monoblock battery A monoblock battery case and a monoblock battery. The monoblock battery case comprises a first and a second container each having partitions that divide the containers into cell compartments. The first container is attached to and co-operates with the second contain... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261970 | Nickel metal hydride battery design The present invention relates to rechargeable nickel metal hydride batteries and methods for making the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to rechargeable nickel metal hydride batteries having a precharge in the negative electrode sufficient for ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247406 | Method for activating metal hydride material A method of activating a hydrogen storage alloy. The method includes the step of contacting the hydrogen storage alloy with an aqueous solution of an alkali metal hydroxide where the concentration of the alkali metal hydroxide is at least about 42 weight percent. Th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238446 | Active electrode composition with conductive polymeric binder An active composition for an electrode of an electrochemical cell. The active composition comprises an active electrode material and a conductive polymer. The electrochemical cell is preferably a battery cell or a fuel cell. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226675 | Very low emission hybrid electric vehicle incorporating an integrated propulsion system including a fuel cell and a high power nickel metal hydride battery pack A very low emission hybrid electric vehicle incorporating an integrated propulsion system which includes a fuel cell, a metal hydride hydrogen storage unit, an electric motor, high specific power, high energy density nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries, and prefer... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7172710 | Performance enhancing additive material for the nickel hydroxide positive electrode in rechargeable alkaline cells A conductive additive for the positive nickel electrode for electrochemical cells which provides increased performance by suppressing an oxygen evolution reaction occurring parallel to the oxidation of nickel hydroxide, increasing conductivity of the electrode and/o... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7132193 | Fuel cell A fuel cell. The anode of the fuel cell comprises a hydrogen oxidation catalyst comprising a finely divided metal particulate. The metal particulate may be a nickel and/or nickel alloy particulate having a particle size less than about 100 Angstroms. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7097933 | Catalyst for fuel cell oxygen electrodes A catalyst having catalytically active material supported on a carrier matrix. The catalytically active material may be a mixed-valence, nanoclustered oxide(s), an organometallic material or a combination thereof. The supported catalytic material is particularly use... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7045484 | Method of making a catalyst A method of making a catalyst. The method comprises the step of leaching alloy particles. Preferably, the alloy particles are hydrogen storage alloy particles. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6994839 | Carbonate recycling in a hydrogen producing reaction A process for producing hydrogen gas from a reaction of an organic substance and a base with a recycling of a carbonate or bicarbonate by-product and a regeneration of the base. In one embodiment, reaction of an organic substance and a base produces hydrogen gas and... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6964826 | Coated catalytic material with a metal phase in contact with a grain boundary oxide An industrial catalyst having: a support; a plurality of metallic particulates distributed throughout the support; and a metal at least partially covering the surface of the support. A method for making a catalyst including the steps of: forming a support wit... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6890419 | Electrolytic production of hydrogen Methods for producing hydrogen gas from organic substances. According to the methods, hydrogen is produced from an electrochemical reaction of an organic substance with water or a base. The instant methods permit the production of hydrogen at lower operating voltage... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6878485 | Mechanical and thermal improvements in metal hydride batteries, battery modules and battery packs Mechanically and thermally improved rechargeable batteries, modules and fluid-cooled battery pack systems. The battery is prismatic in shape with an optimized thickness to width to height aspect ratio which provides the battery with balanced optimal properties when ... | 04/12/2005 |
