Eastman-kodak Company

Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Roland J Koestner

Thomas J Ludemann

Gary E Labelle

Steven D Possanza

Robert Peter Kraus, Jr

Fugui He

Paul P Zontek

Darlene F Philip

Swaminatha P Kumaraguru

Samuel Chen

Aparna V Bhave

William J Gamble

Nagappan Ramaswamy

Timothy J Fuller

Xiaosong Huang

Dennis E Smith

Karissa L Eckert

Jeanette E Owejan

Bradley R Frieberg

Timothy C Schunk

Thomas J Kub

Linda S Flosenzier

Craig T Mollon

Sean Mackinnon

Kim E Goppert

Mengyuan Chen

Irina A Kozhinova

A battery cathode includes: a current collector; and a coating applied to the current collector, the coating including: conductive carbon; polyvinylidene fluoride binder polymer; acid-functionalized dispersant polymer; and electrochemically active layered metal oxide.

Battery with positive electrodes

A cathode configured for use within a fuel cell system is provided. The cathode includes a cathode substrate. The cathode further includes a coating disposed upon the cathode substrate and including a fluorocarbon polymer additive configured for sintering at a temperature of less than 200&#xb0; C. The fluorocarbon polymer additive may be mixed with a catalyst ink coating or may be applied separately as a topcoat layer.

Fuel cell cathode and fuel cell system including a polymeric additive

Systems, methods, fuel cells, and mixtures to inhibit ionomer permeation into porous substrates using a crosslinked ionomer are described. A method includes preparing an ionomer premix, mixing a crosslinking additive with the ionomer premix to thereby form a crosslinked-ionomer solution, and adding catalyst particles to the crosslinked-ionomer solution to produce a catalyst ink. The ionomer premix includes an ionomer dispersed within a solvent. The catalyst ink includes the catalyst particles distributed homogenously therethrough. The catalyst ink may be cast onto a porous substrate and dried to thereby form a catalyst layer for use in a fuel cell.

Fuel-cell catalyst ink additives to inhibit ionomer permeation

An electrode ink composition that forms a fuel cell catalyst layer with reduced mudcracking is provided. The ink composition includes a solvent, a platinum group metal-containing catalyst composition dispersed in the solvent, a primary polymer dispersed within the solvent, the primary polymer being an ionomer, and a secondary polymer dispersed within the solvent, the secondary polymer interacting with the primary polymer via a non-covalent interaction.

PEMFC electrode mudcrack mitigation at low Pt loading

An ink composition for forming a fuel cell electrode includes a catalyst composition, a polymeric binder, a polymeric dispersant, and a solvent. The polymeric dispersant includes a perfluorocyclobutyl-containing polymer.

Polymer dispersant addition to fuel cell electrode inks for improved manufacturability

A method of fabricating a polymeric film includes adsorbing an ammonium salt surfactant over a plurality of polymer beads. The method also includes adding the polymer beads to a polymer solution, wherein the ammonium salt surfactant substantially prevents flocculation of the polymer beads. Additionally, a polymeric film includes a plurality of polymer beads each having an outer surface. The polymeric film also includes an ammonium salt surfactant disposed over each of the outer surfaces, wherein the ammonium salt surfactant substantially prevents flocculation of the polymer beads.

Method of manufacture of a polymeric film with anti-blocking properties

Backside conductive layers with increased conductive efficiency can be provided for thermally developable materials by formulating hydrophilic metal oxide clusters in a hydrophobic environment using low shear mixing conditions. The dry thickness and coating weight of the conductive layer are thereby reduced.

Thermally developable materials with improved conductive layer

Thermally developable materials including photothermographic and thermographic materials have an outermost backside layer that includes a combination of a polysiloxane and a smectite clay that has been modified with a quaternary ammonium compound. The resulting outermost backside layers exhibit improved abrasion resistance. The materials can also include conductive layers underneath the outermost backside layer.

Thermally developable materials with abrasion-resistant backside coatings

The use of metal antimonates at high metal antimonate to binder ratios in buried backside conductive layers of thermographic and photothermographic materials allows the use of thin backside overcoat layers. The combination provides antistatic constructions having excellent antistatic properties that show less change in resistivity with changes in humidity. The thin backside overcoat layer serves to protect the buried antistatic layer.

Antistatic properties for thermally developable materials

Thermally developable materials including photothermographic and thermographic materials having an outermost backside layer that includes amorphous silica particles having a narrow particle size distribution. The narrower particle size distribution provides reduced haze and increased surface roughness that reduces blocking and machine feeding at comparable weight percent. The materials can also include conductive layers underneath the outermost backside layer.

Thermally developable materials with narrow disperse amorphous silica

Backside conductive layers with increased conductive efficiency can be provided for thermally developable materials by providing a buried conductive coating containing a lower molecular weight polyvinyl acetal binder (that is, a molecular weight of at least 8,000 and less than 30,000).

Thermally developable materials having improved backside conductive layers

Disclosed is an integral film comprising a transparent polymeric substrate having a surface bearing polymeric beads, wherein the swell ratio, the size, and the laydown of the beads are selected so as to provide both a one sided static friction coefficient of not more than 0.68 and an internal haze value of not more than 0.1. The film provides an improved combination of slip and optical properties.

Cellulose film with anti-blocking properties

A method is taught for debubbling a liquid composition containing entrained gas bubbles that increases the effectiveness of ultrasonic debubbling apparatus employed. The method comprises the steps of immersing an ultrasonic horn in water, the horn being contained within a vessel and coupled to a pair of transducers; adjusting an RF generator connected to the pair of transducers to produce a signal at or near a parallel resonance frequency of the pair of transducers; fixing the RF generator at a constant voltage level; and flowing the liquid composition to be debubbled through the vessel with the RF generator operating at constant voltage level and at a variable operating power level that varies with the viscosity of the liquid composition.

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Roland J Koestner