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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7604893 | Electrolyte matrix, particularly for a molten carbonate fuel cell, and method for the production thereof Disclosed are an electrolyte matrix, particularly for a molten carbonate fuel cell, comprising a matrix material which contains one or several lithium compounds, aluminum oxide, and a carbide, and a method for the production thereof. The inventive matrix material co... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7524576 | High-lithium electrolyte for use in molten carbonate fuel cells and method for making same A high-lithium carbonate electrolyte formed from a eutectic carbonate mixture including lithium carbonate and from an additional lithium-containing component adapted to form lithium carbonate during at least one of initial heat up and operation of the fuel cell.... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7485391 | Proton conductor, process for producing the same, and electrochemical device Proton conductors, electrochemical devices employing same and methods of manufacturing same are provided. The proton conductor includes silicon oxide, bronsted acid and a derivative of a carbonaceous material predominantly composed of carbon and proton (H+ | 02/03/2009 |
| 7445867 | Electrode structure for solid-polymer type fuel cell An electrode structure for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprises a pair of electrode catalyst layers and a polymer electrolyte membrane held between the electrode catalyst layers. The polymer electrolyte membrane is a sulfonation product of a polymer which compr... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442459 | Solid electrolyte, membrane and electrode assembly, and fuel cell A solid electrolyte having an aromatic ring in a main chain, wherein a sulfuric acid group bonds to the aromatic ring via a linking group containing a sulfur atom. The solid electrolyte exhibits a high ion conductivity. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438987 | Carbon fuel particles used in direct carbon conversion fuel cells A system for preparing particulate carbon fuel and using the particulate carbon fuel in a fuel cell. Carbon particles are finely divided. The finely dividing carbon particles are introduced into the fuel cell. A gas containing oxygen is introduced into the fuel cell... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438837 | Method of producing solid electrolyte and solid electrolyte A method of producing a solid electrolyte (3, 13) is disclosed wherein solid electrolyte material is prepared having a composition expressed by a formula: (1-x) ZrO2 {xSc2O3 (where x is a number equal to or greater than 0.05 and equa... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435505 | Fuel cell combination The invention refers to a fuel cell device comprising an electrolyte device, which comprises an alkaline electrolyte means and an acid electrolyte means, wherein the fuel cell device is formed such that at least part of at last one reaction product produced at the e... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7423078 | Organic-inorganic hybrid material, organic-inorganic hybrid proton-conductive material and fuel cell An organic-inorganic hybrid material produced by crosslinking a precursor that is an organosilicon compound having a mesogen group is disclosed. The organic-inorganic hybrid material is favorable for electrolytic membranes for fuel cells. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413687 | Low temperature proton conducting oxide devices A device for conducting protons at a temperature below 550° C. includes a LAMOX ceramic body characterized by an alpha crystalline structure. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411022 | Reinforced polymer electrolyte membrane A method is provided for making a reinforced polymer electrolyte membrane, such as may be used in electrolytic cells such as fuel cells, by mixing a sulfonate- or sulfonyl halide-functional polymer with a bisamidine compound and subsequently trimerizing the amidine ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410716 | Electrolyte sheet with protruding features having undercut angles and method of separating such sheet from its carrier According to one embodiment of the present invention an electrolyte sheet includes a body of varied thickness, the electrolyte sheet having a textured surface with multiple protruding features. The protruding features form an undercut angle with respect to the norma... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7402351 | Carboxylic acid-based ionomer fuel cells Conductivity of carboxylic acid membranes can be increased for use in fuel cells when the membrane comprises a Lewis base, which has, in its protonated form, a pKa greater than the pKa of the carboxylic acid groups of the membrane. When the invention is employed in ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7402356 | Solid oxide electrolyte material and method of producing solid oxide electrolyte A solid oxide electrolyte material comprising an electrolyte material 50 using oxygen ions as carriers as a base material and a lithium-containing compound 60 added to the base material as a sintering additive is sintered at a sintering temperature of ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7396611 | Fuel cell catalyst layer Fuel cell catalyst layers, and related systems and methods are disclosed. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7371480 | Silica sol composition, membrane electrode assembly with proton-exchange membrane, and fuel cell Provided are a proton-exchange membrane of which the ionic conductivity is high and the methanol crossover is low, and a fuel cell of high power that comprises the proton-exchange membrane. The proton-exchange membrane has a structure of mesogen-containing organic m... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7348089 | Membrane-electrode assembly for direct methanol type fuel cell and proton conductive membrane A membrane-electrode assembly for direct methanol type fuel cell and a proton conductive membrane for direct methanol type fuel cell are disclosed. The membrane-electrode assembly comprises a negative electrode and a positive electrode assembled via a proton conduct... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344801 | High-voltage dual electrolyte electrochemical power sources An electrochemical device such as a battery and a fuel cell having two electrolytes between the anode and the cathode. The electrochemical device is preferably arranged with an alkaline electrolyte in contact with the anode and an acidic electrolyte in contact with ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344571 | Hydrogen generator A hydrogen generator includes a housing, a solid hydrogen source disposed within the housing, and an inlet configured to guide a fluid to contact the solid hydrogen source. The inlet can contact a wicking region. The wicking region can include a wicking material tha... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344791 | Electrolytic membrane for fuel cell and its manufacturing method, and fuel cell and its manufacturing method A conventional direct methanol solid polymer fuel cell comprises a solid polymer electrolyte as an electrolyte. This type of cell involves some problems; methanol permeates the membrane; the electromotive force lowers because of direct oxidation; and the membrane me... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7326488 | Diffusion film, electrode having the diffusion film, and process for producing diffusion film A diffusion membrane contains uncalcined polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), calcined PTFE and a conductive substance. An electrode has the diffusion layer (membrane) and a catalyst layer disposed thereon. A process for producing diffusion membranes comprises dispersing... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324326 | Electronic device and the production method An electronic device having an element body comprising an internal electrode layer, wherein the internal electrode layer includes an alloy, the alloy contains a nickel (Ni) element and at least one kind of element selected from ruthenium (Ru), rhodium (Rh), rhenium ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318975 | Membrane electrode assembly of fuel cell In a MEA (membrane electrode assembly) of a fuel cell including an electrolyte membrane as an ion transfer medium arranged between a bipolar plate having a fuel side open groove in which fuel flows and a bipolar plate having an air side open groove in which air flow... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314677 | Planar fuel cell and method for the production thereof A planar fuel cell comprising an electrode-membrane-electrode assembly, wherein the membrane includes a fabric having a warp fibers which are continuous insulating fibers of an electrically insulating material and weft fibers comprising of both fibers of the insulat... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7303830 | Fuel cell A fuel cell powered by direct fuel, for example a direct methanol fuel cell, includes a polymer electrolyte membrane which includes a semi-crystalline polymer. Preferred semi-crystalline polymers include first repeat units comprising sulphonated aromatic group conta... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7282294 | Hydrogen storage-based rechargeable fuel cell system and method A dual mode electrochemical system comprises a first electrode capable of storing hydrogen, a second electrode, a substantially electrically insulating and substantially ionically conducting membrane interposed therebetween and an electrolyte. In a first mode, upon ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279077 | Method of forming a chemical composition A method of forming a chemical composition such as a chemical hydride is described and which includes the steps of selecting a composition having chemical bonds and which is capable of forming a chemical hydride; providing a source of hydrogen; and exposing the sele... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7258946 | Fuel cells and fuel cell systems containing non-aqueous electrolytes Fuel cells and fuel cell systems that include at least one non-aqueous electrolyte. Fuel cells according to the present disclosure may include an anode region that is adapted to receive an anode feed stream containing chemically bound hydrogen and which liberates pr... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247402 | Power generator and method for forming the same The present invention relates to a power generator and method for forming the same. More specifically, the present invention comprises a chamber containing a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), with a spiral-wound counter-current heat exchanger encompassing the chamber. T... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238450 | High voltage laminar cathode materials for lithium rechargeable batteries, and process for making the same Intercalation cathode materials especially suited for use in high-voltage, high-energy lithium rechargeable batteries, having the formulae Li[Li(1-2x)/3MyMn(2−x)/3Ni(x-y)O2, where 0 | 07/03/2007 |
| 7220510 | Sulfonated poly(arylene) films as polyelectrolyte membranes Polyelectrolyte membranes suitable for use in a fuel cell are provided as a solid state sulfonation product of particular fluorinated polymers, or alternatively as a fluorination product of particular sulfonated polymers. A sulfonated polymer is provided that contai... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214756 | Proton conducting membrane, process for its production, and fuel cells made by using the same The present invention provides relates to a crosslinkable, proton-conducting membrane having a crosslinked structure, excellent in heat resistance, durability, dimensional stability and fuel barrier characteristics, and showing excellent proton conductivity at high ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208242 | Solid polymer type fuel cell The present invention provides a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which is inexpensive and has an excellent efficiency of generating electric power, by using a material alternative to a perfluoroalkylene sulfonic acid polymer. The polymer electrolyte fuel cell compris... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205064 | Emulsions for fuel cells A method for transporting a gas to an electrode in a fuel cell is provided, whereby the gas is dissolved in an emulsion comprising a fluorinated hydrocarbon, a surfactant and an aqueous electrolyte with a pH of at most 4 or at least 9, and the emulsion is contacted ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201985 | Inactive end cell assembly for fuel cells for improved electrolyte management and electrical contact An assembly for storing electrolyte in a carbonate fuel cell is provided. The combination of a soft, compliant and resilient cathode current collector and an inactive anode part including a foam anode in each assembly mitigates electrical contact loss during operati... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7179560 | Composite electrolyte membrane and fuel cell containing the same A composite electrolyte membrane for decreasing the crossover of polar organic fuel and a fuel cell employing the membrane are provided. The composite electrolyte membrane includes a modified silica in which silicon atoms have substituents as represented by formula ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7157173 | Fused zirconia-based solid oxide fuel cell The disclosure is directed to a solid oxide fuel cell including an electrolyte. The electrolyte is formed using a fused electrolyte powder. The disclosure is also directed to a solid oxide fuel cell stack including a plurality of solid oxide fuel cells. Each solid o... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154737 | Nonaqueous electrolyte, electrical double-layer capacitors, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary cells Secondary cells and electrical double-layer capacitors of excellent charge-discharge efficiency, stability and low-temperature properties can be obtained using nonaqueous electrolytes which contain an ionic liquid that has general formula (1) below and is liquid at ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150927 | SORFC system with non-noble metal electrode compositions A solid oxide regenerative fuel cell includes a ceramic electrolyte, a first electrode which is adapted to be positively biased when the fuel cell operates in a fuel cell mode and in an electrolysis mode, and a second electrode which is adapted to be negatively bias... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7135537 | Sulfonimide-containing poly(arylene ether)s and poly(arylene ether sulfone)s, methods for producing the same, and uses thereof The present invention is directed to sulfonimide-containing polymers, specifically sulfonimide-containing poly(arylene ether)s and sulfonimide-containing poly(arylene ether sulfone)s, and processes for making the sulfonimide-containing poly(arylene ether)s and sulfo... | 11/14/2006 |
