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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100167099 | MEMBRANCE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY (MEA) STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A membrane electrode assembly (MEA) structure includes a proton exchange membrane having opposite first and second sides, a cathode catalyst layer disposed at the first side of the proton exchange membrane, an anode catalyst layer disposed at the second side of the prot... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100159301 | MEMBRANE/ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL, COATING FLUID FOR FORMING CATALYST LAYER FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MEMBRANE/ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL To provide a membrane/electrode assembly in which flooding in a catalyst layer is less likely to occur; a coating fluid for forming a catalyst layer capable of forming a catalyst layer in which flooding is less likely to occur; and a process for producing a membrane/ele... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100159299 | PASSIVE FUEL CELL ASSEMBLY A passive fuel cell assembly including a membrane electrode assembly, an anode current collector, a cathode current collector, a hydrophilic and gas-impermeable layer, and a gas-liquid separation layer is provided. The anode current collector and the cathode current col... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100159300 | CASSETTE LESS SOFC STACK AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY A cassette less SOFC assembly and a method for creating such an assembly. The SOFC stack is characterized by an electrically isolated stack current path which allows welded interconnection between frame portions of the stack. In one embodiment electrically isolating a c... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100151296 | ELECTRODE CATALYST FOR FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING ELECTRODE HAVING ELECTRODE CATALYST An electrode catalyst for a fuel cell and a fuel cell including an electrode having the electrode catalyst, include a non-platinum (Pt) catalyst, and a cerium (Ce) metal catalyst, both of which are supported on a carbon-based catalyst support having an improved catalyti... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100151295 | ANODE MATERIALS FOR PEM FUEL CELLS The incorporation of tungsten-containing hydrogen spillover materials into a composite fuel cell anode can be helpful in preserving the carbon catalyst support materials in the fuel cell cathode during periods of hydrogen starvation. Preferred examples of such tungsten-... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100143761 | Method for Impregnating a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode with Silver to Reduce Electrical Resistance A method for improving performance of an SOFC by impregnation of the cathode with metallic silver. A solution of AgNO3 in acetonitrile is imbibed into a perovskite cathode fabricated on a electrolyte layer supported by an anode, defining an SOFC cell. The cat... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100143762 | Method for Improving Robustness of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stacks A method for forming a solid oxide fuel cell stack from a plurality of individual solid oxide fuel cells, wherein the anodes of the solid oxide fuel cells are infiltrated by one or more materials for making the anodes less sensitive to sulfur poisoning and/or less subje... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100143760 | INHIBITOR FOR PREVENTION OF BRAZE MIGRATION IN SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS During manufacture of an SOFC assembly, an inhibitor is included to prevent migration of silver braze during subsequent use of the SOFC assembly. The inhibitor may take any of several forms, either individually or in combination. Inhibitors comprehended by the present i... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100136376 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO FUEL CELLS A method of fuelling an intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell comprises providing a fuel rich in carbon monoxide to an anode region, after the fuel has contacted a water gas shift reaction catalyst in the region of the anode, so that the water gas shift reactio... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100129693 | Coating process for production of fuel cell components A method of making a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) includes providing a solid oxide electrolyte and depositing at least one electrode on the electrolyte by PVD, such as sputtering. A method of making an interconnect for a fuel cell stack includes providing an electricall... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100129694 | FUEL CELL A fuel cell is formed by sandwiching a membrane electrode assembly between a first separator and a second separator. A fuel gas flow field is formed in the second separator. An inlet buffer is connected to the inlet of the fuel gas flow field, and an outlet buffer is co... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100124680 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM OPERATED WITH LIQUID GAS A fuel cell system comprises at least one fuel cell with a high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane. The fuel cell is supplied with liquefied petroleum gas from a supply of liquefied petroleum gas. The liquefied petroleum gas can be directly fed into an anode react... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100124686 | Method of Manufacturing a Membrane Electrode Assembly, Membrane Electrode Assembly and Fuel Cell The present invention provides an MEA which improves water retention properties of an electrode catalyst layer without inhibiting diffusion of a reaction gas and drainage of water produced by an electrode reaction etc. One aspect of the present invention is a manufactur... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100119887 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND ACTIVATION METHOD FOR FUEL CELL A cell unit voltage is controlled such that a hydrogen production reaction is caused to occur in an oxidizer electrode, thereby allowing a current corresponding to a moving amount of protons, which is larger than a diffusion limiting current, to pass through a fuel cell... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100119886 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A MULTILAYER BARRIER STRUCTURE FOR A SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL The present invention provides a method of producing a multilayer barrier structure in a solid oxide cell stack, comprising the steps of: -providing a metal interconnect; -applying a first metal oxide layer on said metal interconnect; -applying a second metal oxide laye... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100117590 | PORTABLE DEVICE A portable device includes a case configuring the body of the portable device and a fuel cell system included in the case and having air inlets formed in the surface of the case, and also has a solar cell disposed on a portion on the surface of the case, in which the ai... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100119902 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL STACK A solid state electrolyte fuel cell stack includes: layered solid state electrolyte fuel cells, each formed by a solid state electrolyte body having a fuel pole in contact with a fuel gas and an air pole in contact with an oxidant gas; and inter-connectors arranged betw... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100119907 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR MEASURING VOLTAGES OF CELLS IN POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL A polymer electrolyte fuel cell of the present invention includes: plate-shaped cells (10) each having a pair of plate-shaped separators (6a) and (6b) and a membrane-electrode assembly (5) disposed between the separators (6 | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100112406 | ULTRASONICALLY ENHANCED FUEL CELL SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE A fuel cell system comprises at least one fuel source (e.g., methanol or methanol solution) In a storage tank, tubes and/or flow channels that provide the fuel to the fuel cells via tubes and/or flow channels, which are used to connect the different fuel cells and/or su... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100108177 | Apparatus for making tubular film transistors Disclosed is an apparatus for making tubular-shaped membrane electrode assembly. The apparatus includes a guiding unit (or guiding rod or guiding tube or guiding wire) for guiding the direction of MEA production, a first weaving unit for weaving conductive fiber bundles... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100112405 | USING IONOMER TO MILITATE AGAINST MEMBRANE BUCKLING IN THE TENTING REGION A unitized electrode assembly for a fuel cell comprising an electrolyte membrane, a subgasket, and a sealing bead disposed therebetween is disclosed. The sealing bead adapted to fill a tenting region formed between the membrane and the subgasket to maximize an operating... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100104913 | MEMBRANE-MEMBRANE REINFORCING MEMBER ASSEMBLY, MEMBRANE-CATALYST LAYER ASSEMBLY, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY A membrane-membrane reinforcing member assembly includes: a polymer electrolyte membrane (1); one or more membrane-like first membrane reinforcing members (10) disposed on a main surface (F10) of the polymer electrolyte membrane (1) so as to ... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100104914 | CONTACT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A FUEL CELL STACK FROM AT LEAST ONE CONTACT ARRANGEMENT The invention relates to a contact arrangement for a fuel cell stack, especially for an SOFC fuel cell stack, comprising an interconnector arrangement which is arranged to establish an electrically conducting connection via at least one contact element on the anode side... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100104915 | FUEL CELL COMPRISING OXYGEN ELECTRODE WITH SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURE The present invention is aimed to realize, in a fuel cell with an oxygen electrode (a catalytic electrode), both catalytic function and immobilization of the catalyst nanoparticles when the catalyst nanoparticles are very small nanoparticles in the size of 1-3 nm.<... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100104911 | FUEL CELL After hydrogen fed from the side part of the bottom plate 13 along the face direction through the fluid supply plate 15 is dispersed in the flow space 14 and is then dispersed in the paths 26 in the block group 25, hydrogen is transfer... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100104900 | FUEL CELL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM The present invention provides a fuel cell power generation system that includes: a fuel cell including a first membrane electrode assembly including a positive electrode for reducing oxygen, a negative electrode for oxidizing hydrogen, and a solid electrolyte membrane ... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100104916 | Separator for fuel cell, method for producing separator, and solid oxide fuel cell Gas discharge ports are provided in almost the entire area of a layer surface of a separator, and a gas for reaction is discharged like a shower from the separator toward a power generation cell. The separator is constructed by layering plate-shaped members containing i... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100104902 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM A casing of a fuel cell system is divided into a module area, a first fluid supply area, a second fluid supply area, and an electric parts area. The first fluid supply area is provided on a first side surface of the module area, and an electric parts area is provided on... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100104912 | FUEL CELL AND VEHICLE HAVING FUEL CELL A fuel cell has: an electrolyte; an anode provided on one side of the electrolyte and having a fuel-gas consuming face at which fuel gas is consumed; a cathode provided on the other side of the electrolyte and having an oxidizing-gas consuming face at which oxidizing ga... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100098989 | ELECTRODE-MEMBRANE-FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR POLYELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND POLYELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL In a solid polyelectrolyte fuel cell, with a frame including a frame body main part placed along a peripheral edge portion of a membrane, a plurality of first retaining portions which are arrayed so as to protrude from an inner edge of the frame body main part and which... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100098990 | FUEL CELL, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING FUEL CELL The present invention relates to: a fuel cell which includes a stack part (21) formed by stacking a membrane electrode assembly and a separator, and in which the membrane electrode assembly and the separator each include a communication passage part to form a com... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100098991 | Gas Diffusion Electrode For Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell, Membrane-Electrode Assembly For Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell, Production Method Therefor, And Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell One object of the present invention is to provide a gas diffusion electrode for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which has excellent water repellency for quickly supplying and removing a reaction gas, and conductivity for efficiently conducting generated electrical powe... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100098992 | PROCESS FOR THE FORMATION OF PORES IN A POLYMER MATRIX The invention relates to a process for the formation of pores of controlled shape, dimensions and distribution in a polymer matrix comprising a step of embedding silicon nanowires and/or nanotrees in a nonpolymerized polymer matrix or a nonpolymerized polymer matrix in ... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100098988 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE MODULE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREOF A membrane electrode module is provided. The membrane electrode module includes a membrane electrode assembly, a first fixing element and a second fixing element. The membrane electrode assembly includes an exchange-membrane, a first electrode and a second electrode. Th... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100098993 | IMPERMEABLE POROUS SUBSTRATE FOR PLANAR FUEL CELLS AND INTEGRATED PACKAGING The present invention relates to a support for a planar fuel cell core, produced using a material permeable to the fuel of the cell, and sealed over at least one of its outer faces.... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100098996 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF A solid oxide fuel cell including a metal frame, a pre-treated porous metal substrate, an anode layer, an electrolyte layer, a cathode interlayer and a cathode current collecting layer is provided. The pre-treated porous metal substrate is disposed inside the metal fram... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100098983 | FUEL CELL PERFORMING ANODE DEAD-END OPERATION WITH IMPROVED WATER MANAGEMENT An anode gas channel member in which a first porous channel layer and a shower plate having penetrated holes are laminated is disposed on an anode side in a fuel cell. The shower plate is disposed at the anode side, and a water-repellent layer is provided on a side of t... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100092811 | WETTABLE GAS DIFFUSION LAYER FOR A WET SEAL IN A FUEL CELL An example fuel cell stack (10, 40) includes a cathode plate (60) having oxidant flow passages (62) and coolant flow passages (64), and a porous anode plate (42) adjacent the coolant flow passages (64). The porous anode plate (<... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100092825 | Fuel cell, fuel cell system, and portable electronic device There is provided a fuel cell and a fuel cell system with superior power generating capability, with which the occurrence of cross-over can be suppressed and enough fuel to generate power can be fed. A fuel cell is obtained by bringing a solid fuel for a fuel cell or a ... | 04/15/2010 |
