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US20090305090 CATALYSTS COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN FUEL CELLS  
The present invention generally relates to the generation of electrical energy from a solid-state fuel. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a solid-oxide fuel cell for generating...
US20090305104 POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL  
In a polymer electrolyte fuel cell provided with a fuel cell stack assembled by sandwiching a plurality of stacked single cell modules with a plurality of fastening members through a pair of end...
US20090305106 COATINGS, MATERIALS, ARTICLES, AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF  
A thermal spray process comprises injecting precursor solution droplets into the hot zone of the thermal spray flame. Also described are materials resulting from the process.
US20090305107 FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME  
A fuel cell includes an anode having a current collector and a catalyst layer formed on the current collector, wherein an aqueous methanol solution is introduced as fuel into the anode, a cathode...
US20090305103 ELECTROCATALYST FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE ELECTROCATALYST, ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, SINGLE CELL OF FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL  
An electrocatalyst for an electrochemical cell of the present invention includes a metal catalyst containing metal that has a metal oxidation potential of 0.5V or higher to 1.5V or lower, and is...
US20090305105 Fuel cell and method for manufacturing the same  
Disclosed are a fuel cell and a method for manufacturing the fuel cell. The fuel cell can include forming a channel on one surface of a first wafer and one surface of a second wafer, respectively;...
US20090305102 FUEL BATTERY  
A fuel battery ( 1 ) includes a fuel tank ( 3 ) containing a methanol fuel F as a liquid fuel, and an electromotive unit (fuel cell unit) ( 2 ) performing an electric generation operation by being...
US20090297907 FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT  
A fuel cell system including a humidifying means for directly humidifying a polymer electrolyte membrane that serves as an ionic conductor. The humidifying means has a water holding unit comprised...
US20090297904 SOFC Stack  
The invention relates to a SOFC stack with bipolar plates ( 5 ) for connecting the electrodes ( 3, 4 ) of two neighboring fuel cells having a ceramic electrolyte, where the bipolar plates ( 5 )...
US20090294021 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...
US20090297905 Large Cathode Membrane Electrode Assembly  
A membrane electrode assembly includes a polymer electrolyte membrane sandwiched between an anode catalyst layer and a cathode catalyst layer. The area of the anode catalyst layer is less than the...
US20090297908 FUEL CELL WITH POROUS FRIT BASED COMPOSITE PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE  
A fuel cell includes a porous frit based composite proton exchange membrane. The pores of the porous frit are tilled with a proton-conducting material.
US20090297906 FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE FUEL CELL  
A unit cell of a fuel cell includes an electrolyte electrode assembly, a pair of separators sandwiching the MEA, and a buffer layer at least provided between the MEA and at least one of the...
US20090291344 FUEL CELL  
On an anode side separator, an adhesive is applied linearly along the upper and lower edges of the four edges thereof, around a receiving part and around a through-hole and so on. On a cathode side...
US20090291345 MEMBRANE/ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS, POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL, AND PROCESSES FOR THEIR PRODUCTION  
To provide a membrane/electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, a polymer electrolyte fuel cell and processes for their production, which make it possible to stably exhibit a high...
US20090291346 SOLID OXIDE REVERSIBLE FUEL CELL WITH IMPROVED ELECTRODE COMPOSITION  
A solid oxide electrolyzer cell or a solid oxide reversible fuel cell includes a solid oxide electrolyte. It may also include at least one of a first gadolinia doped ceria interfacial layer in...
US20090286124 Membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell, method for making the same, and fuel cell system including the same  
A membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell including a first substrate and a second substrate and a catalyst layer between the first substrate and the second substrate is provided, where the...
US20090286120 CASING FOR FUEL BATTERY AND FUEL BATTERY USING THE SAME  
This invention provides a casing for storing MEA, which has satisfactory corrosion resistance to formic acid produced in an electrode reaction of MEA. There is also provided a casing formed of a...
US20090286664 Non-contaminating, electro-chemically stable glass frit sealing materials and seals and devices using such sealing materials  
A solid oxide fuel cell device includes layers of solid electrolyte, cathode plates, anode plates, a frame and a non-contaminating, electrochemically stable sealing material. The sealing material...
US20090286123 POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ELECTRODE-MEMBRANE-FRAME ASSEMBLY  
In a manufacturing method for an electrode-membrane-frame assembly in a fuel cell, a first frame member and an electrolyte membrane member are arranged in a first mold for injection molding such...
US20090286125 BI-ELECTRODE SUPPORTED SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS HAVING GAS FLOW PLENUM CHANNELS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME  
A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) has a porous electrode support structure on both sides of a thin electrolyte layer. The porous electrode supported cell is formed with gas flow plenum channels on an...
US20090286127 Cell unit for a fuel cell and method for manufacturing the same  
Disclosed are a cell unit for a fuel cell and a method for manufacturing the same. The cell unit for a fuel cell can include an electrolyte membrane; an electrode unit, comprising an anode being...
US20090286122 Composite Membranes and Their Use in Electrochemical Cells  
A composite membrane suitable for use in an electrochemical cell, comprises layers of a hydrophilic material and of a second material having relatively high conductivity and which is also...
US20090286109 Fuel cell system and driving method of fuel cell system  
In a fuel cell system equipped with polymer electrolyte fuel cells, an alternating current generator applies an alternating current of a fixed frequency and a fixed amplitude to the fuel cells. An...
US20090286121 SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTIC FUEL CELL  
Elastic members that are integrally joined to a frame member are placed between an outer edge of an electrode unit and an inner edge of the frame member, and in the assembled state of the single...
US20090280376 Solid Oxide Fuel Cell  
A solid oxide fuel cell includes an electrolyte layer ( 101 ) made of a sintered product of a metal oxide powder, a fuel electrode ( 102 ) formed on one surface of the electrolyte layer ( 101 ),...
US20090280378 MEMBRANE AND ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME  
Provided is a membrane and electrode assembly excellent in adhesion between the electrolyte membrane and the catalyst layer. A membrane and electrode assembly comprising an electrolyte membrane and...
US20090280385 NOVEL PERFLUOROCARBON IONOMER MEMBRANE WITH HIGH PROTON CONDUCTIVITY AND PREPARATION THEREOF  
The present invention provides a perfluorocarbon ionomer membrane with aligned fibril-like nanostructures and its preparation method.
US20090280375 Sealing Structure for Fuel Cell  
An anode ( 11 a ) and a cathode ( 11 b ) are provided on either side of an electrolyte membrane ( 11 ). A first separator ( 2 ) is disposed so as to face the anode ( 11 a ), and a second separator...
US20090280377 DIRECT OXIDATION FUEL CELL  
The direct oxidation fuel cell of the invention includes at least one unit cell, the unit cell including: a membrane-electrode assembly including an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte membrane...
US20090272645 Corrosion resistant gas diffusion layer with a micro protective layer for electrochemical cells  
A gas diffusion layer with a micro protective layer is utilized in the electrochemical cells. The cell mainly includes end plates, current collectors, flow field plates, gas diffusion layers,...
US20090274942 POLAR PLATE, PARTICULARLY END PLATE OR BIPOLAR PLATE FOR A FUEL CELL  
The invention relates to a polar plate ( 10, 12 ), particularly an end plate ( 10 ) or a bipolar plate ( 12 ), for a fuel cell stack ( 14 ) comprising at least one flow field ( 16 ) accessible from...
US20090274941 Power Generation Cell for Solid Electrolyte Fuel Cell and Structure of Fuel Electrode Thereof  
The present invention provides a power generation cell for a solid electrolyte fuel cell using a lanthanum gallate solid electrolyte as a solid electrolyte, particularly a structure of a fuel...
US20090269641 POROUS MEMBRANE FOR FUEL CELL ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME  
To obtain a porous membrane for a fuel cell electrolyte membrane, having mechanical property which is equal in the longitudinal and lateral directions. A porous membrane 10 is formed in such a...
US20090269642 ION CONDUCTING POLYMER MEMBRANES  
Modified ion-conducting membranes ( 10 ), and a method for making the same, which increases the membrane ( 10 ) surface area, and, optionally, incorporates mono- and multi-metal ion-containing...
US20090263699 DIAPHRAGM FOR SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL AND MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY  
The present invention discloses a membrane for polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which comprises a hydrocarbon cation exchange resin membrane wherein a cation exchange group is covalently...
US20090263697 FUEL CELL  
A fuel cell stack includes a plurality of cells each including an MEA 10 sandwiched by separators 20. A hydrogen gas supply pipe 31 and an air supply pipe 32 for externally supplying gas,...
US20090263698 FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND FUEL CELL  
A fuel cell system which allows uniform fuel distribution to respective fuel cells, comprising: a plurality of fuel cells 5 each including an anode 2 , a cathode 3 and an electrolyte membrane ...
US20090258274 MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELLS OF INCREASED POWER  
A membrane electrode assembly, comprising at least two electrochemically active electrodes which are separated by at least on polymer electrolyte membrane, wherein the polymer electrolyte membrane...
US20090258257 FUEL CELL SYSTEM  
A fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack having a plurality of single cells stacked on one another, each single cell including an anode to which fuel gas can be supplied, a cathode to which...
US20090258273 ASSEMBLIES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES  
MEA 7-layer assemblies with gasket, comprising: a film of ionomeric membrane ( 3 ), containing functional acid groups —SO 3 H and/or —COOH, having in at least one direction, called...
US20090258272 Membrane-Electrode Assembly for Direct Liquid Fuel Cell and Method of Manufacturing the Same  
A membrane-electrode assembly for a direct liquid fuel cell having improved performance and stability and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The membrane-electrode assembly includes...
US20090258267 Apparatus for solid-oxide fuel cell shutdown  
An emergency shutdown apparatus for a solid-oxide fuel cell system, including a fuel cell stack, comprises a reservoir containing a reducing fluid, a valve enabling or preventing flow of the...
US20090253014 FUEL CELL MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF  
A fuel cell module includes: an electrode member having a membrane electrode assembly, which is formed from an electrolyte membrane and a pair of electrode catalyst layers that is disposed on both...
US20090253012 FUEL CELL  
A fuel cell including an anode conductive layer, an anode catalyst layer, an electrolyte membrane, a cathode catalyst layer, a cathode conductive layer, and a cathode diffusion layer stacked in...
US20090253001 Fuel Cell System, Fuel Cell Vehicle, and Operating Method for Fuel Cell System  
A utility supply system (SS) supplies a fluid containing an antioxidant of a gaseous phase to a stack ( 1 ) of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells, for efficient removal of hydroxy radical.
US20090253013 ELECTRODE FOR FUEL CELL, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL  
A fuel cell electrode includes a catalyst layer including an ion conductive substance, an electron conductive substance, and a catalytic activity substance. The catalytic activity substance...
US20090253016 POROUS MEMBRANE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS MEMBRANE, SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, AND FUEL CELL  
It is intended to provide a porous membrane comprising a film or sheet made of a polymer or inorganic material, characterized by having a large number of pores of 0.1 to 100 μm in pore size formed...
US20090253007 Method and apparatus for anode oxidation prevention and cooling of a solid-oxide fuel cell stack  
An apparatus and method for a normal system shutdown of a SOFC system implements a control strategy that utilizes existing system hardware and operating processes already used during normal...
US20090252999 Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Process and Apparatus  
Conveying gas containing sulfur through a sulfur tolerant planar solid oxide fuel cell (PSOFC) stack for sulfur scrubbing, followed by conveying the gas through a non-sulfur tolerant PSOFC stack....