Samsung Sdi Co., Inc.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Myongji University

Seung-jae Lee

Ji-rae Kim

Hyuk Jae Chang

Tae-won Song

Jae-Young Shin

Jie Peng

Yoon-hoi Lee

Myoen-Song Choi

Chan-ho Pak

Sung-wook Kang

Jin-ho Kim

Hoon Lim

Hae-kyoung Kim

Dae-jong Yoo

Kyoung Hwan Choi

Gongquan Sun

Dong-kee Sohn

Sang-Kyun Kang

Seol-Ah Lee

Qin Xin

Se-Woong Ahn

Xinsheng Zhao

Soo-Seun Lee

A catalyst coated electrolyte membrane including an anode catalyst layer and a cathode catalyst layer at opposite sides thereof, respectively, wherein micro cracks of the anode catalyst layer or cathode catalyst layer occupy 0.01-1 area % of the total area of the respective anode catalyst layer or cathode catalyst layer, a fuel cell including the same, and a method of preparing the catalyst coated electrolyte membrane. In the catalyst coated electrolyte membrane, micro cracks of the cathode catalyst layer or the anode catalyst layer can be minimized and thus the resistance between the electrode catalyst layer and an electrolyte membrane can be minimized, and crossover of a fuel, such as methanol, ethanol, other alcohols, methane, etc., to a cathode electrode can be minimized, and thus the catalyst coated electrolyte membrane has improved performance and durability.

Catalyst coated electrolyte membrane, fuel cell including the same, method of preparing the catalyst coated electrolyte membrane

A bipolar plate includes a plurality of flow channels for fuel flow, wherein the flow channels are divided into a plurality of sections along a direction of the fuel flow. The total cross-sectional area of the flow channels across the sections becomes smaller from a fuel inlet toward a fuel outlet. A plurality of protrusions are formed between the sections, and the protrusions mix a fuel that passes through the flow channels. A fuel cell includes membrane electrode assemblies interposed between a plurality of the bipolar plates.

Bipolar plate for fuel cell and fuel cell having the same

A fuel cell includes a cathode, an anode, an electrolyte membrane interposed between the cathode and the anode, and a porous layer containing a moisture retentive material. The anode includes an anode catalyst layer adjacent to the electrolyte membrane and an anode diffusion layer adjacent to the anode catalyst layer, and the porous layer is disposed between the anode catalyst layer and the electrolyte membrane. The performance of the fuel cell can be stably maintained even when a fuel supply is temporarily interrupted due to a malfunction of a pump or clogging of a fuel channel.

Fuel cell with moisture retentive layer in MEA

A structure of a cathode electrode for a fuel cell includes a catalyst layer formed by mixing a carbon material with a catalyst material and a hydrophilic ion conductive material. The hydrophilic ion conductive material is embedded on the catalyst layer and contacts an electrolyte membrane and a diffusion layer to provide a migration path for water and hydrogen ions.

Structure of cathode electrode for fuel cell

A heat exchanger that can mechanically automatically control a level of cooling water according to heat generation of the fuel cell. The heat exchanger includes a housing having a cooling water inlet and an outlet connected to a fuel cell stack, a moving plate which moves reciprocally in the housing and discharges cooling water filled in the housing to the stack when it moves in a one direction and when it receives a steam pressure from the stack it moves in an opposite direction, and an elastic member that applies a force to the moving plate in the one direction. The heat exchanger can automatically maintain the level of cooling water despite a difference in heat generated between a full and a partial load operation of the fuel cell obviating complicated electronics such as a thermo-sensor, a valve, or a controller. Also, under a partial load, the exposure of flow channels to superheated steam is avoided, thereby extending the lifetime of the fuel cell.

Heat exchanger for fuel cell

A fuel cell stack having an improved sealing structure of a cooling plate in which the cooling plates therein each have a coolant flow channel through which a coolant flows to remove heat from the fuel cell stack and a groove that surrounds the coolant flow channel, and a sealing member disposed in the groove to prevent coolant leakage. The sealing member has a compression rate of 18 to 30%, as the compression rate being ((a thickness of the sealing member&#x2212;a height of the groove)/the thickness of the sealing member)&#xd7;100. Such a fuel cell stack may maintain operation for a long time without the need of supplementing the coolant.

Fuel cell providing improved stack and cooling plate

A method of manufacturing an anode for a fuel cell including: performing an acid treatment for a carbon-based compound; washing the resultant obtained from the acid treatment with water and then performing a freeze-drying (lyophilization) process; forming a microporous diffusion layer by dispersing the lyophilized resultant in a solvent, coating the dispersed resultant on a porous carbon support, and drying; and forming a catalyst layer on top of the microporous diffusion layer, an anode for a fuel cell obtained according to the method herein, and a fuel cell using the same. An anode having improved efficiency on liquid fuel diffusion can be obtained when using the fuel diffusion layer including the microporous diffusion layer formed of the carbon-based compounds obtained after an acid treatment and a freeze-drying process according to the present invention. A fuel cell having improved performance can be manufactured by using such an anode.

Anode for fuel cell, manufacturing method thereof, and fuel cell including the same

A method of estimating a lifespan of a fuel cell including a cathode and an anode which contain catalysts and an electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode and the cathode. A cyclic potential with a voltage ranging from a low voltage to a voltage greater than oxidation voltages of the catalysts is applied between the anode and the cathode and fuel cell performance is measured initially and after a predetermined number of cycles. The lifespan of the fuel cell may estimated based on degradation of cell performance after the predetermined number of cycles, based on CV curves obtained during the cycling of the potential and/or a change in particle size of the catalysts after the predetermined number of cycles.

Accelerated testing method of rapidly evaluating lifespan of fuel cell

A direct liquid feed fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) including an anode electrode and a cathode electrode respectively disposed on either side of an electrolyte membrane. A conductive anode plate and a conductive cathode plate which respectively face the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, and have flow channels therein. Stripe-shaped hydrophilic members are formed on the cathode electrode, cross the flow channels of the conductive cathode plate, and transfer water from the flow channels to the conductive cathode plate. The conductive cathode plate is hydrophilic.

Direct liquid feed fuel cell

The invention is directed to a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) and a portable computer having the same. The portable computer includes a display unit rotatably coupled to a main unit. The display unit includes a display panel, a liquid fuel tank, and a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) on the backside of the display panel. The main unit comprises a keyboard, and a liquid supply device under the keyboard to circulate an output from the DMFC to the fuel tank. The portable computer has a thin monopolar type DMFC on the backside of the display panel, which provides a longer operating time, and also improves portability by supplying an energy source promptly.

Direct methanol fuel cell and portable computer having the same

A fuel cell having a heat exchanger that has a structure suitable for reducing space occupancy of the fuel cell. The fuel cell includes a stack where a chemical reaction for transforming chemical energy of a fuel into electricity occurs and a heat exchanger that removes heat generated during the energy transformation process in the stack, wherein the heat exchanger is built in at least one plate mounted on the stack. Therefore, the occupancy of the fuel cell can be reduced to be approximately half of a conventional externally mounted type heat exchanger.

Fuel cell having heat exchanger built in stack

A direct liquid feed fuel cell stack has a structure in which membrane electrode arrays (MEAs), each having an anode electrode and a cathode electrode on either side of an electrode membrane, are stacked and a conductive anode plate and a conductive cathode plate are respectively formed to face the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, wherein the cathode plate comprises a plurality of straight flow channels in parallel, and a hydrophilic member, whose upper surface has the same plane as a bottom surface of the straight flow channel, is disposed perpendicular to the flow channels on one end of the cathode plate.

Direct liquid feed fuel cell stack

A combined flat bed scanner/printer machine having: a moving body; a scan module connected to the moving body to read a document; and a recording head connected to the moving body adjacent to the scan module, to print on a paper. The moving body is moved by a moving body transfer unit made up of a belt to which the moving body is secured, a guide rod to guide the moving body, and a motor to move the belt.

Combined flat bed scanner/printer machine

The present invention relates to a method for detecting a line-to-line fault location in power network, and more particularly, detecting the line-to-line fault location by direct 3-phase circuit analysis without using a symmetrical component transformation, so even in an unbalanced 3-phase circuit, the line-to-line fault location can be accurately detected. In the method using direct 3-phase circuit analysis of this invention, inverse lemma is used to simplify matrix inversion calculations, thus the line-to-line fault location can be easily and accurately determined even in the case of an unbalanced network without symmetrical component transformation.

Method for detecting line-to-line fault location in power network

The present invention relates to a method for detecting a line-to-ground fault location in power network, and more particularly, detecting the line-to-ground fault location by direct 3-phase circuit analysis without using a symmetrical component transformation, so even in an unbalanced 3-phase circuit, the line-to-ground fault location can be accurately detected. In the method using direct 3-phase circuit analysis of this invention, inverse lemma is used to simplify matrix inversion calculations, thus the line-to-ground fault location can be easily and accurately determined even in the case of an unbalanced network without symmetrical component transformation.

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Seongnam-si, South Korea

Seung-jae Lee