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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050142430 | Electrolyte film electrode union, fuel cell containing the same and process for producing them By using a gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell comprising a fabric comprising a warp thread and a weft thread which are made of carbon fiber, wherein the distance X between adjacent intersections where the warp and weft threads cross each other and the thickness Y of th... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050130026 | Electrochemical battery, electrode therefor and method for manufacturing the same An electrode of an electrochemical battery includes: an electrode catalyst and a catalyst holding body for holding and confining the electrode catalyst by being entangled with the electrode catalyst. A fabrication method of the electrode is simple, and the electrode has... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050130027 | Fuel cell catalyst layer Fuel cell catalyst layers, and related systems and methods are disclosed. ... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050123819 | Fuel cell and method for manufacture thereof A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode composite body in which a cathode catalyst layer and an anode catalyst layer are joined to central portions of two surfaces of a solid polymer electrolyte membrane and further held from two sides between a fuel electrode substra... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050118493 | Gas diffusion electrode and method for its production A gas diffusion electrode for a PEM fuel cell includes a metallic catalyst, and an electrocatalyst layer having a polymer A for hydrophobicizing the electrocatalyst layer and a uniform thickness of between 3 to 40 μm, especially 25 μm. The polymer A content is less th... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050118494 | Implantable biofuel cell system based on nanostructures A bio-implantable electrochemical cell system for active implantable medical devices. In one embodiment, the fuel cell includes an electrode structure consisting of immobilized anode and cathode enzymes deposited on nanostructured high-surface-area metal nanowires or ca... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050112448 | Fuel cell, fuel cell electrode and method for fabricating the same An adhesion layer containing a second solid polymer electrolyte is disposed between a solid polymer electrolyte membrane and a fuel electrode and/or an oxidant electrode containing a first solid polymer electrolyte and a catalyst substance. The solid polymer electrolyte... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050112432 | Method of plating metal leafs and metal membranes A method of plating a nanoporous metal membrane is provided where at least a portion of the nanoporous metal member is freely supported on the surface of a metal plating solution containing at least one platable metal and the surface of the metal plating solution is con... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050106435 | Twin-wire arc deposited electrode, solid electrolyte membrane, membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell A twin-wire arc deposition method for depositing a nano-structured catalyst coating onto a solid electrolyte membrane or an electrode substrate from a precursor catalyst material selected from the group consisting of a metal, metal alloy, metal compound, and ceramic mat... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050100778 | Membrane electrode assembly, manufacturing process therefor and direct type fuel cell therewith This invention relates to a membrane electrode assembly comprising a fuel electrode, an air electrode and an electrolyte membrane where micropores in a porous membrane is filled with a proton conducting polymer, wherein on at least one side of the electrolyte membrane i... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050095480 | Thin metal oxide film and method of making the same A thin metal oxide film includes a solution of one or more metal salts and one or more water soluble polymers. A mechanism is provided for converting the metal salt(s) and water soluble polymer(s) solution into the thin metal oxide film. ... | 05/05/2005 |
| 20050089626 | System for synthesis of electrode array Systems and methods for preparing electrocatalysts are disclosed. The system includes-a high temperature synthesis device for preparing an array of electrocatalysts as electrolytic surfaces of working electrodes. At least a portion of the electrolytic surfaces are defin... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050084742 | Control of polymer surface distribution on diffusion media for improved fuel cell performance Favorable performance of diffusion media in fuel cells has found to be correlated to a parameter (the C/F ratio) that relates to a spatial and thickness distribution of the hydrophobic fluoropolymer on the carbon fiber substrate structure of the medium. Suitable diffusi... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050079403 | Fuel cell gas diffusion layer Fuel cell gas diffusion layers are disclosed. ... | 04/14/2005 |
| 20050074650 | Textured electrolyte for a solid oxide fuel cell A ceramic electrolyte for a solid oxide fuel cell includes at least one non-uniform surface portion. Preferably, the electrolyte surface is textured. ... | 04/07/2005 |
| 20050075240 | Electrode catalyst for fuel cell and method for production thereof An electrode catalyst for a fuel cell is provided which excels in catalytic activity and catalytic durability. The electrode catalyst for the fuel cell has noble metal-containing particle deposited on an electroconductive carrier and the noble metal-containing particle ... | 04/07/2005 |
| 20050074664 | Solid oxide fuel cell electrode and method of manufacturing the same A solid oxide fuel cell electrode of the present invention contains an electrode structure which includes at least one of an electron-oxygen ion mixed conductive material and an electron conductive material and has a three-dimensional network, and a particle which adher... | 04/07/2005 |
| 20050069755 | Fuel cell cathode catalyst A fuel cell cathode catalyst is provided which comprises nanostructured elements comprising microstructured support whiskers bearing nanoscopic catalyst particles. The nanoscopic catalyst particles are made by the alternating application of first and second layers, the ... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050064277 | Solid oxide fuel cell and manufacturing method thereof An electric power generation cell 1 is constituted by arranging a fuel electrode layer 4 on one side of a solid electrolyte layer 3 and an air electrode layer 2 on the other side of the solid electrolyte layer 3. The solid electrolyte ... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050061664 | Interconnect supported electrolyzer assembly, preform and method of fabrication An electrolyzer assembly comprises at least one electrolyzer cell including at least two electrodes and an electrolyte interposed therebetween. The electrolyzer assembly further comprises an interconnect structure in intimate contact with at least one of the two electro... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050058869 | Low cost gas diffusion media for use in PEM fuel cells A gas diffusion media and method of making are provided including the formation of a carbon fiber paper which is heated to a carbonization temperature without exceeding a graphitization temperature. The discovery that a final high temperature heat treatment step in the ... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050058883 | Plasma sprayed ceramic-metal fuel electrode A plasma sprayed ceramic-metal fuel electrode is provided. The fuel electrode has particular application in connection with a solid oxide fuel cell used within a power generation system. The fuel cell advantageously comprises an air electrode, an electrolyte formed on a... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050058882 | Anode for liquid fuel cell An anode which is suitable for use in a liquid fuel cell and comprises metallic cobalt supported on a finely divided electrically conductive carrier. An oxidation catalyst for use in the anode, a process for making the oxidation catalyst and a fuel cell comprising the a... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050058881 | Catalyst layer edge protection for enhanced MEA durability in PEM fuel cells A membrane electrode assembly comprising an ionically conductive member and an electrode, wherein the electrode is a smooth, continuous layer that completely covers and supports the ionically conductive member. The electrode further comprises a central region and a peri... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050058870 | Addressing one MEA failure mode by controlling MEA catalyst layer overlap A method of addressing one MEA failure mode by controlling MEA catalyst layer overlap, and the apparatus formed thereby is disclosed. The present invention addresses a feature of membrane electrode assembly (MEA) architecture that is associated with field failures due t... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050056545 | Gold plating solution and gold plating method A gold plating solution comprising iodide ions, gold iodide complex ions and a non-aqueous solvent, which is less toxic and stable, while having a performance comparable to a cyanide type gold plating solution. The present invention further provides a gold plating solut... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050053826 | Low platinum fuel cell catalysts and method for preparing the same This invention provides novel fuel cell catalysts comprising new series of catalytically active thin-film metal alloys with low platinum concentration supported on nanostructured materials (nanoparticles). In certain embodiments, an integrated gas-diffusion/electrode/ca... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050048357 | Solid oxide fuel cell device with a component having a protective coatings and a method for making such A solid oxide fuel cell device comprises: (a) zirconia based electrolyte; (b) at least one ectrode situated on the electrolyte; (c) a component situated in close proximity to the electrolyte, the component comprising at least one metal or metal oxide capable, at tempera... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050042490 | Solid oxide fuel cells with novel internal geometry Fuel electrode-anode supported type solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) comprise novel fuel electrode design with improved mechanical and electrochemical properties. The novel supporting anodes comprise a plurality of internal longitudinal elevations or bosses projecting inwa... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050037916 | Imprinting nanoscale patterns for catalysis and fuel cells A method and mold for creating nanoscale patterns in an ion-selective polymer membrane is provided, in which a mold comprising a substrate and a molding layer having at least one protruding feature is imprinted on the ion-selective polymer membrane, thereby creating a r... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050026029 | Process of producing electrode paste and electrode paset compositon A process of producing an electrode paste having excellent storage stability and capable of forming a catalyst layer that has a sufficient pore volume for high generating performance, and an electrode paste composition having such properties are disclosed. The process c... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050026772 | Manufacturing processes of catalyst layer for fuel cell The feature of the process for ultra-low alloy catalyst loading electrode according this invention is to reduce its alloy formation period of aging process subsequent to hydrogen reduction process of catalyst ions after ion exchange process of their ions and proton in t... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050026031 | Nickel-plated screen for electrochemical cell A screen for an electrochemical cell is fabricated by providing an interwoven wire mesh, and electroplating nickel onto the mesh, which bonds with the joints to create a screen usable with an electrochemical cell. The mesh can first be rolled to partially bond the wires... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050026012 | Diffusion media tailored to account for variations in operating humidity and devices incorporating the same A diffusion media and a scheme for tailoring the parameters of the diffusion media are provided for addressing issues related to water management in electrochemical cells and other devices employing the diffusion media. Various parameters of the diffusion media are tail... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050019650 | Fuel cell electrode, fuel cell, and manufacturing methods thereof A fuel cell electrode which can improve the catalyst utilization rate by having the catalyst component supported at a high density and high dispersion is provided. An aqueous solution containing chloroplatinic acid and aniline is prepared. For an electrode diffusion lay... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050019649 | Method for manufacturing electrode for fuel cell A fuel cell electrode is proposed which has a positive electrode layer (20), a negative electrode layer (19) and an ion exchange film (21) interposed between these. Before a solution for making one of the other of positive and negative electrodes ha... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050003262 | SOLID-STATE FUEL CELL AND RELATED METHOD OF MANUFACTURE An electrode for a solid-state fuel cell includes a tape having opposite sides joined by a peripheral edge, one of the opposite faces having a plurality of surface depressions therein extending partially through the tape. ... | 01/06/2005 |
| 20050000799 | Preparation and storage of membrane and electrode assemblies Protecting a membrane and electrode assembly in an electrochemical cell having one or more electrocatalysts in intimate contact with the membrane during storage or shipment of the cell. The membrane may be provided in either the non-proton form of a dry or hydrated cati... | 01/06/2005 |
