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7615307 Low equivalent weight ionomer  
An ionomer and a process for forming the ionomer such that the ionomer has (1) low equivalent weight (below 950, preferably between 625 and 850, and most preferably between 675 and 800) and (2)...
7615297 Fuel cell  
A fuel cell of the invention has a hydrogen permeable metal layer, which is formed on a plane of an electrolyte layer that has proton conductivity and includes a hydrogen permeable metal. The fuel...
7611796 Solid-oxide fuel cell with ferritic support  
Cell of a solid-oxide fuel cell that comprises a ferritic support ( 2 ), a first electrode ( 3 ) deposited on said ferritic support, an electrolyte ( 4 ) deposited on said first electrode ( 3 ),...
7611795 Fuel cell manufacturing method and fuel cell  
The manufacturing method of the invention is applied to manufacture a unit fuel cell 20, which has a hydrogen-permeable metal layer 22 of a hydrogen-permeable metal and an electrolyte layer 21...
7608356 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...
7608334 Oxidatively stable microlayers of gas diffusion layers  
The present invention is a microlayer for use with an electrically conductive porous substrate of a gas diffusion layer. The microlayer includes carbon particles and a polymeric composition of...
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...
7601447 Electrolyte-electrode assembly comprising an isotropic layer  
An electrolyte is single crystal composed of La 9.33 Si 6 O 26 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,...
7601183 Method for producing a reversible solid oxide fuel cell  
The present invention provides a method for producing a reversible solid oxide fuel cell, comprising the steps of: —providing a metallic support layer; —forming a cathode precursor layer on the...
7597990 Fuel cell and fuel cell system  
Provided is a fuel cell including a container having at least two openings, a power generating unit contained in the container, the power generating unit having a membrane electrode assembly, an...
7597980 Sulfonic acid group-containing, proton-conducting polymer composition, a solid electrolyte membrane and a solid polymer fuel cell  
A solid electrolyte membrane for solid polymer fuel cells, or the like is provided that is chemically stable in a strong acid atmosphere, and has low methanol cross-over as well as high proton...
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...
7595126 PEM fuel cell assembly formed of modular sub-assemblies  
A method for forming a fuel cell assembly including the pre-final-assembly step of forming a plurality of fuel cell sub-assembly modules, each module including a predetermined number of individual...
7595124 Integrated fuel cell hybrid power plant with controlled oxidant flow for combustion of spent fuel  
A hybrid power generation system for generating electrical power comprises a compressor for producing a compressed oxidant and a recuperator in flow communication with the compressor. The hybrid...
7595085 Ceramic assembly with a stabilizer layer  
In one embodiment, the method of producing a ceramic assembly includes: disposing an electrode precursor on an electrolyte precursor having an electrolyte sintering shrinkage, disposing a...
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...
7592084 Aeroplane drink dispenser  
A drink dispenser which is particularly suitable for use on board a passenger plane, comprises a drink preparation unit and a supply unit. The supply unit has a fuel cell system with a fuel cell...
7592083 Integrated air supply with humidification control for fuel cell power systems  
A fluid delivery device for an electrochemical conversion assembly. In one embodiment, the electrochemical conversion assembly is a fuel cell system. The device includes one or more...
7588853 Direct methanol fuel cell having reduced crossover of methanol and comprising a layer of material for controlling the diffusion rate of fuel  
The present invention relates to a direct methanol fuel cell having reduced methanol crossover. The fuel cell includes a layer of material for controlling the diffusion rate of fuel.
7585585 Electrode catalyst for use in a fuel cells, and fuel cell and electrode utilizing same  
The invention provides a high activity electrode catalyst for fuel cells whose catalytic activity due to an expensive noble metal, such as platinum, has been improved to a higher level through the...
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...
7582376 Proton conductive polymer and fuel cell using the same  
A proton conductive polymer comprising: a methanol exclusive compound unit; and a proton conductive compound unit.
7582375 Method for cutting solid oxide fuel cell elements  
A method for severing a solid-oxide fuel cell bi-layer element including a structural anode and an electrolyte layer, comprising the steps of orienting the bi-layer element such that the surface...
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...
7582373 Electrolyte film and fuel cell  
An electrolyte membrane includes inorganic oxide particles having proton conductivity, and an organic resin or an inorganic matrix component. The inorganic oxide particles having proton...
7582210 Proton-conducting membrane and use thereof  
The present invention relates to a novel proton-conducting polymer membrane based on polyazoles which can, because of its excellent chemical and thermal properties, be used in a variety of ways and...
7579104 Method of preserving fuel cell membrane electrode assembly  
A method of preserving a fuel cell membrane electrode assembly in which catalyst electrodes are stacked on each surface of a polymer electrolyte is to preserve the fuel cell membrane electrode...
7579102 Low equivalent weight ionomer  
An ionomer and a process for forming the ionomer such that the ionomer has (1) low equivalent weight (below 950, preferably between 625 and 850, and most preferably between 675 and 800) and (2)...
7578990 Proton conductor and method for manufacturing the same, and electrochemical device  
A proton conductor, a method for manufacturing the same, and an electrochemical device using the proton conductor are provided. The proton conductor includes a carbon derivative which has a carbon...
7575826 Fuel cell with metal alloy contacts that form passivating conductive oxide surfaces  
A metal alloy which when oxidized forms a highly conductive surface oxide layer. Alloy compositions such as, but not limited to, Ti—Nb, Ti—Ta, La—Sr—Cr, and La—Sr—Co are known to form...
7575823 Fuel cell system, fuel cell system drive method and fuel container for power generation  
A fuel cell system having a fuel cell which performs a power generation operation with fuel for power generation of a fuel container; a water supply control section which extracts water from the...
7572536 Method and apparatus for fueling fuel cells  
A fuel cell is operatively connected to, and powers an electronic device. The fuel cell includes at least one electrode and an electrolyte in electrochemical contact with the electrode(s). A...
7572535 Ion conductive copolymers containing one or more hydrophobic oligomers  
In one aspect, the invention provides ion conductive copolymers comprising (1) a plurality of first oligomers, (2) a plurality of second oligomers, (3) ion conductive monomers and (4) linking...
7572532 Oxide material and a fuel cell electrode containing said material  
The invention relates to an oxide material of general formula (I) A 2−x−y A′ X A″ y M 1−z M′ Z 0 4+δ , wherein A and A′ are independently a metal cation of a group formed by...
7569304 Fuel cells and related devices  
A solid electrolyte fuel cell component is formed by tape casting an electrolyte layer and electrode layers to form a green tape which can be manipulated. The green tape is coiled into a form...
7569297 Fuel cell membranes and crossover prevention  
A membrane electrode assembly for use with a direct organic fuel cell containing a formic acid fuel includes a solid polymer electrolyte having first and second surfaces, an anode on the first...
7569292 Solid oxide fuel cell  
The present invention provides an electrolyte membrane of a solid oxide fuel cell that excels in output performance. There is provided a solid oxide fuel cell comprising a single cell having an air...
7569289 Fuel cell comprising a magnetic cathode with static pumping  
The fuel cell, generating electric power from oxygen and hydrogen ions and comprising an anode (A), a magnetic cathode, comprising an active layer ( 2 ),and a proton electrolyte ( 1 ) between the...
7566514 Catalyst for cathode in fuel cell  
A catalyst particle having high oxygen reduction reactivity and low methanol oxidation reactivity, a supported catalyst comprising the catalyst particle, and a fuel cell using a cathode comprising...
7553580 Electrode substrate for a fuel cell, a method for preparing the same, and a membrane-electrode assembly comprising the same  
An electrode substrate for a fuel cell including a diffusion layer, a first microporous layer that embeds into the diffusion layer, with the first microporous layer having a thickness in the range...
7553577 Sealing structure of fuel cell and process for molding rubber packing  
A fuel cell separator unit having a crosslinked rubber layer is fabricated by coating a rubber-containing coating agent on the periphery of the surface of a separator to form a thin, unvulcanized...
7553573 Solid state electrochemical composite  
Provided is a composite electrochemical device fabricated from highly electronically conductive materials such as metals, metal alloys, or electronically conductive ceramics. The electronic...
7550223 Method of making metal-polymer composite catalysts  
A metal-polymer-carbon composite catalyst for use as a cathode electrocatalyst in fuel cells. The catalyst includes a heteroatomic polymer; a transition metal linked to the heteroatomic polymer by...
7550218 Apparatus for producing water onboard of a craft driven by a power plant  
Water is generated onboard of a craft such as an aircraft or in a self-contained stationary system by partially or completely integrating a water generating unit into a power plant of the craft or...
7550216 Composite solid polymer electrolyte membranes  
The present invention relates to composite solid polymer electrolyte membranes (SPEMs) which include a porous polymer substrate interpenetrated with a water soluble ion-conducting material. SPEMs...
7547733 Composite proton exchange membrane  
An organic/inorganic composite proton exchange membrane (PEM) is disclosed. The PEM includes a proton exchange membrane and a particulate inorganic conductor filler material provided in the proton...
7547486 Direct methanol fuel cell  
A direct methanol fuel cell has a proton conducting membrane (PCM), a catalyst in contact with the PCM, a gas diffusion layer in contact with the catalyst, and a conducting plate in contact with...
7547484 Solid oxide fuel cell tube with internal fuel processing  
A solid oxide fuel cell comprises a tube forming an anode, electrolyte and cathode, and a catalytic substrate is positioned within the tube. Such solid oxide fuel cells are highly compact and...
7544437 Fuel cell structure  
An improved fuel cell structure uses a first sheet of carbon fibres separated by an electrolyte from a second sheet of carbon fibres. A fuel cell catalyst is coated on the outside of the fibres and...
7544434 Direct liquid fuel cell power generating device and method of controlling the same  
A direct liquid fuel cell power generating device of the invention comprise an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, an electrolyte membrane held by the anode electrode and the cathode electrode,...