Kolon Industries, Inc.

Nakwon Kong

Kah-Young Song

Jusung Lee

Kyoungsik Nam

Chanmi Park

Jung Ho Kim

Jun Young Kim

Disclosed are a carbon-based carrier that is capable of increasing catalyst activity as much as that of a porous type while having excellent durability unique to that of a solid type, a catalyst comprising same, a membrane-electrode assembly comprising same, and a method for preparing same. The carbon-based carrier for a fuel cell catalyst of the present invention is a solid-type carrier, and has an outer surface area of 100-450 m/g, a mesopore volume of 0.25-0.65 cm/g, and a micropore volume of 0.01-0.05 cm/g.

Carbon-based carrier for fuel cell catalyst, catalyst comprising same, membrane-electrode assembly comprising same, and method for preparing same

Disclosed are: a membrane-electrode assembly having enhanced adhesion and interfacial durability between a polymer electrolyte membrane and electrodes; and a method for manufacturing a membrane-electrode assembly, in which, in forming electrodes by directly coating a catalyst slurry on a polymer electrolyte membrane, adhesion and interfacial durability between the polymer electrolyte membrane and the electrodes can be enhanced without a separate additional step, thus improving both the durability and the productivity of the membrane-electrode assembly. The method comprises the steps of: dispersing a catalyst and an ion conductor in a dispersion medium to obtain a catalyst slurry; applying the catalyst slurry onto a polymer electrolyte membrane; and drying the catalyst slurry applied onto the polymer electrolyte membrane to form an electrode. The dispersion medium is a solvent capable of forming a plurality of grooves on a surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane, and, when the electrode is formed through the drying step, at least some of the grooves are filled with the catalyst, the ion conductor, or a mixture thereof.

Membrane-electrode assembly and method for manufacturing same

Disclosed are a mixed catalyst, a method for preparing same, a method for forming an electrode by using same, and a membrane-electrode assembly comprising same, the mixed catalyst having uniform physical features within a predetermined range, which are suitable for the manufacture of an electrode and membrane-electrode assembly having desired performance and durability. The mixed catalyst comprises: a first catalyst, which includes a first support and first catalyst metal particles distributed on the first support, and has a first BET surface area and a first total pore volume; and a second catalyst, which includes a second support and second catalyst metal particles distributed on the second support, and has a second BET surface area different from the first BET surface area and a second total pore volume different from the first total pore volume.

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