General Electric Company

Sabic Global Technologies B.v.

Bl Technologies, Inc.

Qunjian Huang

Chang Wei

Hai Yang

Rihua Xiong

Huiqing Wu

Jun Jie Cai

Yanju Wang

Shengxian Wang

Jinghua Liu

Andrew Philip Shapiro

Erich Otto Teutsch

Richard H Peters

Zijun Xia

Xiaoan Xie

Roy Martinus Adrianus L'Abee

Jacob Scott Labelle

Tao Wang

Herman Wiegman

Wei Lu

Richard Louis Hart

Jeffrey I Melzer

Shizhong Wang

Saijun Mao

Qijia Fu

Lei Cao

Wujun Rong

Xing Zhang

Martin Matthew Morra

Minghu Guo

Caroline Chihyu Sui

Qianqian Xin

Xianguo Yu

Yida Xu

Ying Mei

Jianhua Fang

Xiaoyuan Lou

Xiao Zhang

Chihyu Caroline Sui

Xiaxi Li

Yiteng Jin

A water treatment system comprises at least one electrolytic cell comprising at least one electrode and a power source for powering the electrode. The electrode may be a metal electrode comprising a coating of polymer comprising structural units of formula I (I) wherein Ris independently at each occurrence a C-Calkyl radical or &#x2014;SOM wherein M is independently at each occurrence a hydrogen or an alkali metal a hydrogen or an alkali metal, Ris independently at each occurrence a C-Calkyl radical, a is independently at each occurrence an integer ranging from 0 to 4, and b is independently at each occurrence an integer ranging from 0 to 3. An associated method is also described. 

Polymeric-metal composite electrode-based electrochemical device for generating oxidants

A method for preparing a high temperature melt integrity separator, the method comprising spinning a polymer by one or more of a mechanical spinning process and an electro-spinning process to produce fine fibers.

Process of making battery separators via spinning

A water treatment system comprises an electrolytic cell comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode comprising a coating of polymer comprising structural units of formula I and a power source for powering the first and the second electrodes; wherein Ris independently at each occurrence a C-Calkyl radical or &#x2014;SOH; Ris independently at each occurrence a C-Calkyl radical; a is independently at each occurrence an integer ranging from 0 to 4; and b is independently at each occurrence an integer ranging from 0 to 3. An associated method is also described.

Electrochemical water treatment system and method

High temperature melt integrity battery separators via spinning

A battery system has a battery module including a number M of series-connected batteries. The battery system is further provided with a number N (1&#x3c;N&#x2266;M) of charge equalizers, each of which once connected to a battery, causes the battery to be charged and/or discharged to achieve charge equalization. A control device is configured to determine for each battery if it requires charge equalization based on a state of charge (SOC) of the battery, compare a number L of the batteries that require charge equalization and the number M, and based on the comparison result, cause the battery system to be shut down, or the one or more batteries that require charge equalization to be connected to corresponding charge equalizers. A selective switch module is used for connecting the one or more batteries that require charge equalization to corresponding charge equalizers, respectively.

Battery management system and method

A device or system for operating one or more electrochemical cells, such as a rechargeable fuel cell, is provided. A plurality of subsystems include a humidity level control subsystem, a reagent gas delivery subsystem, and a gas scrubbing subsystem. A method for operating the device or system is also provided.

Rechargeable fuel cell system

An electrode includes a hydrogen storage material wherein the electrode has a discharge capacity of greater than about 200 mHh/g. The electrode may include an electrically conductive substrate; and a material capable of storing hydrogen on a surface thereof supported by the substrate. The hydrogen storage material is formed by contacting a powder composition with a first solution prior to electrode fabrication and by contacting the hydrogen storage material to a second solution subsequent to electrode fabrication; and the first solution comprises a first reducing agent and a first alkaline base, and the second solution comprises a second reducing agent and a second alkaline base.

Hydrogen storage electrode

An apparatus is provided that relates to an electrochemical cell assembly. The apparatus is capable of controlling water loss from a fuel cell, at least in part by separating gas and liquid fluid flows. A variety of flow designs are provided that separate liquid electrolyte flow from reagent gas flow. Some flow designs may be suitable for one or more of fuel cells, rechargeable fuel cells, and batteries such as metal hydride batteries. Furthermore, some embodiments may include a single electrochemical cell, or plurality of cells arranged in parallel or in series. Some embodiments may also relate to methods of mitigating water loss from an electrochemical cell assembly.

Fuel cell apparatus and associated method

An apparatus including a housing having walls is provided. The walls of the housing each have inner surfaces and outer surfaces. The walls may include apertures extending from the inner surface to the outer surface. The inner surfaces of the walls define a volume. The volume includes an electrode. The volume further includes a water-controlling separator disposed between the inner surface of the housing and the electrode. The water-controlling separator can block a flow of liquid from the electrode through the apertures to the ambient environment while allowing oxidant to flow from the ambient environment through the apertures to the electrode.

A method for preparation of a hydrogen-storage based electrode comprises treating a powder comprising at least one metal hydride with a first solution. The first solution comprises a first alkaline base and a first reducing agent. The method further comprises fabricating the electrode using the powder and treating the electrode with a second solution comprising a second alkaline base and a second reducing agent.

Hydrogen storage-based electrochemical system and method of preparation

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