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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7862921 | Process for continuously producing polymer electrolyte membrane and producing apparatus therefor The present invention provides a process for producing a polymerelectrolyte membrane comprising the steps of coating a solution of a polymerelectrolyte on at least one surface of a porous substrate and laminating the coated porous substrate and a supporting material... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7855003 | Ceramic and alloy anode solid oxide fuel cell A solid oxide fuel cell is provided. The solid oxide fuel cell includes a cathode, at least an electrolyte membrane, and an anode having a ceramic material and an alloy of nickel and at least a second metal, selected from aluminum, titanium, molybdenum, cobalt, iron... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7838137 | Solid oxide fuel cell device and system The invention provides a fuel cell device having first and second cold end regions with a reaction zone therebetween. Fuel and oxidizer inlets are positioned in the first and second cold end regions with respective fuel and oxidizer outlets positioned in either the ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7833642 | Forming an impermeable sintered ceramic electrolyte layer on a metallic foil substrate for solid oxide fuel cell An impermeable sintered ceramic electrolyte layer of a solid oxide fuel cell is formed by depositing ceramic powder on a substrate using electrophoretic deposition, isostatically pressing that deposited ceramic layer and then heating the compressed ceramic powder la... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7824786 | Membrane electrode complex and solid type fuel cell using it A polymer electrolytic material has excellent proton conductivity and excellent fuel shutting property, and accordingly provide a polymer electrolytic fuel cell with a high efficiency. This polymer electrolytic material has an unfreezable water ratio Rw1 defi... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7811692 | Micro-machined fuel cells An improved fuel cell is described. The invention addresses the problem of mechanical failure in thin electrolytes. One embodiment varies the thickness of the electrolyte and positions at least either the anode or cathode in the recessed region to provide a short tr... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7794863 | Fuel cell A fuel cell includes a separator (10B) interposed between adjacent unit cells (10A). A mixed fluid of air and water is supplied to an air electrode (12) of each unit cell. The separator includes a mesh conductor (14) on at least a surface... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7785726 | Process for producing hybrid ion-exchange membranes comprising functional inorganics and graft polymer and electrolyte membranes for use in fuel cells comprising the hybrid ion-exchange membranes Polymer ion-exchange membranes having outstanding electrical conductivity, water retention and oxidation resistance are produced by the steps of uniformly mixing an organic high-molecular weight resin with functional inorganics having the abilities to promote graft ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7785725 | Compound for a solid oxide fuel cell stack gasket In a solid-oxide fuel cell assembly comprising a plurality of components having electrically-conductive mating surfaces therebetween, the surfaces are sealed by an electrically insulating gasket that include a mineral composition comprising about 66 mol % MgO and ab... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7771885 | Polymer electrolyte fuel cell and manufacturing method for electrode-membrane-frame assembly A MEA-frame assembly is arranged in a mold for injection molding to form a first flow passage arranged so as to extend along the outer periphery of an electrode between the outer periphery of the electrode and the inner periphery of a frame, a second flow passage ar... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7763371 | Solid oxide fuel cell electrolyte and method A method of making a solid oxide fuel cell electrolyte includes preheating a substrate on which an oxide electrolyte layer is to be deposited to a substrate temperature of about 1100° C. and above, impinging a surface of a source comprising the oxide with an electr... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7754365 | Membrane electrode assembly, method for manufacturing the same, and fuel cell including the same A membrane electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane, an anode disposed on one face of the electrolyte membrane, and a cathode disposed on the other face of the electrolyte membrane. The electrolyte membrane has a non-electrode-forming region where the cat... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7749629 | Electrolyte membrane, process for its production and polymer electrolyte fuel cell An electrolyte membrane characterized by comprising a porous body formed from a melt-moldable fluororesin and having interconnected pores and an ion exchange resin with which the interconnected pores are filled, is provided. Specifically, the porous body is formed, ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7732075 | Solid oxide fuel cell component and a method of manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell component A solid oxide fuel cell component (12) comprises a plurality of solid oxide fuel cells (24) arranged in spaced apart relationship, and in electrical series, on a surface of the porous gas permeable support structure (16). Each solid oxide fuel c... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7718292 | Fuel cell stack and manufacturing method thereof A fuel cell stack constituted by fastening a laminated cell, is disclosed. The electrode of the cell has a catalyst electrode layer and a porous gas diffusion layer and supporting a polymer electrolyte membrane (1) from both sides. A separator (3) of t... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7709123 | Film electrode assembly for fuel cell, polymer electrolytic cell for fuel cell and method for manufacturing polymer electrolytic fuel cell and film electrode assembly There is provided a film electrode assembly for a fuel cell capable of preventing a polymer electrolyte film from being exposed. The film electrode assembly includes: a main body portion of a film electrode assembly having a polymer electrolyte film, and a pair of e... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7709122 | Proton conductive electrolyte membrane, solid polymer fuel cell and method for producing proton conductive electrolyte membrane A method for producing a proton conductive electrolyte membrane in which proton conductivity is sufficiently high, methanol permeability is sufficiently low and physical strength is sufficient for reducing the thickness adequately. The production method includes: la... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7704623 | Fuel cell separator A mold for a use of making a fuel cell separator comprises: a first flow path forming portion to form a cooling medium flowing path, or to form an oxidizing gas flowing path, or to form a fuel gas flowing path; and an injection gate to shoot out a forming material s... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7704622 | Ion conducting organic/inorganic hybrid polymers This invention relates to a series of organic/inorganic hybrid polymers that are easy to fabricate into dimensionally stable films with good ion-conductivity over a wide range of temperatures for use in a variety of applications. The polymers are prepared by the rea... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7687174 | Optical fuel cell stack cell voltage monitor A voltage monitoring system for measuring the voltage of the fuel cells in a fuel cell stack that employs optical devices for providing an optical signal of the measured voltages, where one or more of the fuel cells power the optical devices. A surface mount device ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7687173 | Process for making a ceramic composite device An electrical power generating device having a plurality of ceramic composite cells, each cell having a cathode and an anode. A thermal shell in which the ceramic composite cells are stacked or arranged in electrical series and gas parallel surrounded by shock absor... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7682722 | Membrane-electrode assembly, polymer membranes for a membrane-electrode assembly, polymer electrolyte fuel cells, and methods for the production thereof A membrane-electrode assembly and polymer electrolyte fuel cells and methods of production thereof, in which a polymer membrane, containing at least one basic polymer membrane, is sandwiched between two flat gas diffusion electrodes each of which is loaded with a do... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7670703 | Solid electrolyte fuel cell supported by an integrated reformer The solid oxide fuel cell can comprise: an electroconductive and porous reformer including a catalytically active material and shaped to constitute a solid slab having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and a plurality of adjacent groov... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7670704 | Untreated diffusion media with mesoporous layer and devices incorporating the same A diffusion media and a process for its fabrication are provided for addressing issues related to water management in electrochemical cells and other devices employing the diffusion media. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a process for fab... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7662497 | Solid oxide fuel cell with a metal bearing structure Solid oxide fuel cells with a metal bearing structure, having passage orifices for a gas and intended for a cathode-electrolyte-anode unit. A bipolar plate is provided on the other side of the bearing structure, or the like. The bearing structure is made of a metal,... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7659023 | Multi-zone voltage fuel cell The present invention is directed to an electrochemical fuel cell. The configuration of the fuel cell stack provides a multiple-legged current flow path therethrough. Electrically isolated zones are formed in the cells and one coupled in a serial manner. This config... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7659024 | Fuel cell having a separator with water-retaining groove portions In a fuel cell composed of a pair of separators with a membrane electrode assembly sandwiched therebetween, gas passages having a plurality of generally linear passage portions, and bent passage portions each of which makes one end portion of the linear passage port... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7655333 | Sub-micron solid oxide electrolyte membrane in a fuel cell This document describes the nano-scaling effects of solid-state oxygen-ion conductors when the thickness of an ionic conductor membrane as well as size of the grains within the membrane are scaled down to less than 200 nm. By using such solid-state oxygen-ion conduc... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7648788 | Membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cell and fuel cell using same The present invention provides a membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell, having improved durability for repeated start-stop operation. The present invention provides; A membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell having: a cathode ca... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7645534 | Membrane electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell A polymer electrolyte membrane-electrode assembly including a proton conductive membrane having superior workability is provided. The membrane-electrode assembly for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells includes an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a proton ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7641997 | Design and synthesis of guest-host nanostructures to enhance ionic conductivity across nanocomposite membranes An ion conducting membrane has a matrix including an ordered array of hollow channels and a nanocrystalline electrolyte contained within at least some or all of the channels. The channels have opposed open ends, and a channel width of 1000 nanometers or less, prefer... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7632587 | Electrochemical cells having current-carrying structures underlying electrochemical reaction layers An electrochemical cell structure has an electrical current-carrying structure which, at least in part, underlies an electrochemical reaction layer. The cell comprises an ion exchange membrane with a catalyst layer on each side thereof. The ion exchange membrane may... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7632586 | Solid oxide fuel cell positive electrode—electrolyte—negative electrode Disclosed is a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) positive electrolyte negative (PEN) comprising electrodes on the rear side thereof used for establishing contact between a flat interconnecting plate and a raised structure which is configured in such a way that it forms g... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7625650 | Membrane-electrode assembly and fuel cell system comprising the same The present invention relates to a membrane-electrode assembly and a fuel cell system including an anode and a cathode facing each other, the polymer electrolyte membrane being interposed between the anode and the cathode, and the membrane-electrode assembly includi... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7604886 | Polymer membrane for fuel cell, method of preparing the same, and stack for fuel cell and fuel cell system comprising the same The polymer electrolyte membrane of the present invention includes a porous supporter having pores, and a metal ion adsorptive material and a proton conductive polymer which are present in the pores of the porous supporter. ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7601447 | Electrolyte-electrode assembly comprising an isotropic layer An electrolyte is single crystal composed of La9.33Si6O26 in which the crystal is oriented in the c-axis, and the c-axis is in the thickness direction of the electrolyte. In the electrolyte, the oxide ion is preferentially migrated i... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7597978 | Anode of solid oxide fuel cell with networking structure and a method of its preparation The present invention relates to ceramic-NiO composite powders which can be used to form ceramic-NiO composite body anodes. These anodes possess an interpenetrating network structure and can be used in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) by The present invention also descr... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7592085 | Fuel cell A fuel cell comprises an anode oxidizing a fuel, a cathode reducing an oxidizing agent, a polymer electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode, whereby an assembly is constituted by the anode, cathode and polymer electrolyte, a pair of gas diffusion layers... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7585580 | Direct reacting anolyte-catholyte fuel cell for hybrid energy sources A fuel cell and a method for using the fuel cell to make electricity, in which the fuel cell has an anode half-cell having an electrocatalytic anode and a liquid anolyte that is substantially isopropanol dissolved in seawater. The fuel cell has a cathode half-cell h... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7582374 | Method for producing a layer system comprising a metallic carrier and an anode functional layer The aim of the invention is to produce complete high temperature fuel cells by means of thermal injection processes (e.g. atmospheric plasma injection, vacuum plasma injection, high speed flame injection). The production method is especially simplified and is econom... | 09/01/2009 |
