Audi Ag

Raytheon Technologies Corporation

Ballard Power Systems Corporation

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

United Technologies Corporation

The State University of New York

Rtx Corporation

Utc Power Corporation

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Minhua Shao

Belabbes Merzougui

Sathya Motupally

Lei Chen

Sergei F Burlatsky

Ned Emidio Cipollini

Mallika Gummalla

Ying She

Zissis A Dardas

David A Condit

Rajiv Ranjan

Thomas Harry Madden

Gajawalli V Srinivasan

Jingguang Chen

Michael N Task

Timothy W Patterson

Wayde R Schmidt

Paul Sheedy

Marcin Piech

Sameh Dardona

Chuan-Jian Zhong

Tommy Skiba

Jin Luo

Thomas D Kasprow

Tetsuo Kawamura

Cagatay Tokgoz

Laura Roen Stolar

Jesse M Marzullo

Peter N Njoki

Chi-Hum Paik

Daniel Anthony Grande

Vishal Onkarmal Mittal

Andrew Haug

Brigid Wanjala

Rameshwori Loukrakpam

Disclosed herein is a method of coating, comprising providing an article having an internal passage therein to be coated; electrolytically applying a first layer that comprises chromium or a chromium alloy onto a surface of the internal passage; electrolytically applying a second layer comprising aluminum or an aluminum alloy onto the first layer; and heat treating the article to promote interdiffusion between the first layer and the second layer.

Coating for internal surfaces of an airfoil and method of manufacture thereof

A method for fabricating a component according to an example of the present disclosure includes the steps of depositing a stoichiometric precursor layer onto a preform, and densifying the preform by depositing a matrix material onto the stoichiometric precursor layer. An alternate method and a component are also disclosed.

Method for fabricating ceramic matrix composite components

A nanoparticle includes a noble metal skeletal structure. The noble metal skeletal structure is formed as an atomically thin layer of noble metal atoms that has a hollow center.

Platinum nanoparticles having hollow skeletal structures and methods of making

A membrane electrode assembly is provided which includes an anode; a cathode; a membrane between the anode and the cathode; and a protective layer between the membrane and at least one electrode of the anode and the cathode, the protective layer having a layer of ionomer material containing a catalyst, the layer having a porosity of between 0 and 10%, an ionomer content of between 50 and 80% vol., a catalyst content of between 10 and 50% vol., and an electrical connectivity between catalyst particles of between 35 and 75%. A configuration using a precipitation layer to prevent migration of catalyst ions is also provided.

Protective and precipitation layers for PEM fuel cell

A supported catalyst includes a plurality of support particles that each include a carbon support and a layer disposed around the carbon support. The layer is selected from a metal carbide, metal oxycarbide, and combinations thereof. A catalytic material is disposed on the layers of the support particles.

Fuel cell catalyst including carbon support particles with metal carbide layer and catalytic material and fuel cell using the same

A wear monitoring system for measuring incursion depth into an abradable coating includes a layer of abradable coating including a depth. At least one measurement circuit includes a plurality of conductive leads disposed within the abradable coating. The conductive leads are spaced radially apart within a common radial plane corresponding to the depth of the abradable coating. A plurality of resistor elements corresponds with the plurality of conductive leads. Each of the plurality of resistor elements are in electrical communication with one of the plurality of conductive leads disposed within the common radial plane of the corresponding one of the plurality of conductive leads. An electrical characteristic of the circuit varies responsive to cutting of one or more of the plurality of conductive leads by a passing airfoil. A gas turbine engine and method are also disclosed.

Embedded sensor for in-situ monitoring of blade tip incursion

An ion exchange membrane () for a fuel cell comprises a polymer having an acid functional group normally including protons, and having alkali metal ions partially ion-exchanged with the protons of the acid functional group of the membrane. The partial ion exchange of alkali metal ions into the membrane relates either to patterning of the exchanged ion make-up of the membrane, with some being ion exchanged and some not, or to the extent or concentration of the ion exchange in any particular location, or to both.

Membrane with increased durability from partial ion exchange

An example of a stable electrode structure is to use a gradient electrode that employs large platinum particle catalyst in the close proximity to the membrane supported on conventional carbon and small platinum particles in the section of the electrode closer to a GDL supported on a stabilized carbon. Some electrode parameters that contribute to electrode performance stability and reduced change in ECA are platinum-to-carbon ratio, size of platinum particles in various parts of the electrode, use of other stable catalysts instead of large particle size platinum (alloy, etc), depth of each gradient sublayer. Another example of a stable electrode structure is to use a mixture of platinum particle sizes on a carbon support, such as using platinum particles that may be 6 nanometers and 3 nanometers. A conductive support is typically one or more of the carbon blacks.

Fuel cell electrode with gradient catalyst structure

A supported catalyst is prepared by a process that includes establishing shell-removal conditions for a supported catalyst intermediate that includes capped nanoparticles of a catalyst material dispersed on a carbon support. The capped nanoparticles each include a platinum alloy core capped in an organic shell. The shell-removal conditions include an elevated temperature and an inert gas atmosphere that is substantially free of oxygen. The organic shell is removed from the platinum alloy core under the shell-removal conditions to limit thermal decomposition of the carbon support and thereby limit agglomeration of the catalyst material such that the supported catalyst includes an electrochemical surface area of at least 30 m/g.

Supported catalyst

An example fuel cell electrode forming method includes covering at least a portion of a copper monolayer with a liquid platinum and replacing the copper monolayer to form a platinum monolayer from the liquid platinum.

Platinum monolayer for fuel cell

A catalyst support for an electrochemical system includes a high surface area refractory material core structure and boron-doped diamond. The BDD modifies the high surface area refractory material core structure.

Boron-doped diamond coated catalyst support

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