Leland Stanford Junior University

Volkswagen Ag

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaf

Shicheng Xu

Friedrich B Prinz

Thomas Schladt

Yongmin Kim

Thomas F Jaramillo

Gerold Huebner

Tanja Graf

Jonathan Edward Mueller

Dong Un Lee

Zhaoxuan Wang

Drew C Higgins

Maha Yusuf

Kyung Min Lee

Marat Orazov

Hanna-Lena Wittern

Rainer Johannes Fasching

Andrei Teodor Iancu

Neil Dasgupta

Hitoshi Iwadate

Sebastian Kirsch

Vedran Glavas

Hee Joon Jung

John Provine

Timothy Stephen English

Jonathan Müller

Glavas Vedran

Dickson Thian

Timothy Goh

Jan Torgersen

Soonwook Hong

Samuel Dull

A manufacturing process includes: depositing a catalyst support on a gas diffusion layer to form a catalyst support-coated gas diffusion layer; depositing a catalyst on the catalyst support-coated gas diffusion layer to form a catalyst-coated gas diffusion layer; and depositing an ionomer on the catalyst-coated gas diffusion layer to form an ionomer-coated gas diffusion layer. A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell includes: a gas diffusion layer; a polymer electrolyte membrane; and a catalyst layer disposed between the gas diffusion layer and the polymer electrolyte membrane, wherein the catalyst layer includes an ionomer, and a concentration of the ionomer varies within the catalyst layer according to a concentration profile.

Catalyst layer with extended surface area and method of forming such catalyst layer for polymer electrolyte fuel cells

A catalyst structure includes: (1) a substrate; (2) a catalyst layer on the substrate; and (3) an adhesion layer disposed between the substrate and the catalyst layer. In some implementations, an average thickness of the adhesion layer is about 1 nm or less. In some implementations, a material of the catalyst layer at least partially extends into a region of the adhesion layer. In some implementations, the catalyst layer is characterized by a lattice strain imparted by the adhesion layer.

Electrochemical catalysts with enhanced catalytic activity

A supported catalyst includes: (1) a catalyst support; and (2) deposits of a catalyst covering the catalyst support, wherein the deposits have an average thickness of about 2 nm or less, and the deposits are spaced apart from one another.

Ultrathin electrochemical catalysts on catalyst support for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

A method includes: 1) performing an atomic layer deposition cycle including (a) introducing precursors into a deposition chamber housing a substrate to deposit a material on the substrate; and (b) introducing a passivation gas into the deposition chamber to passivate a surface of the material; and 2) repeating 1) a plurality of times to form a film of the material.

Atomic layer deposition with passivation treatment

A manufacturing process includes: depositing a first catalyst on a first gas diffusion layer (GDL) to form a first catalyst-coated GDL; depositing a first ionomer on the first catalyst-coated GDL to form a first gas diffusion electrode (GDE); depositing a second catalyst on a second GDL to form a second catalyst-coated GDL; depositing a second ionomer on the second catalyst-coated GDL to form a second GDE; and laminating the first GDE with the second GDE and with an electrolyte membrane disposed between the first GDE and the second GDE to form a membrane electrode assembly (MEA). A MEA includes a first GDL; a second GDL; an electrolyte membrane disposed between the first GDL and the second GDL; a first catalyst layer disposed between the first GDL and the electrolyte membrane; and a second catalyst layer disposed between the second GDL and the electrolyte membrane, wherein a thickness of the electrolyte membrane is about 15 &#x3bc;m or less.

Scalable roll-to-roll fabrication of high-performance membrane electrode assemblies

A method of fabricating single-crystalline metal silicide nanowires for anti-reflective electrodes for photovoltaics is provided that includes exposing a surface of a metal foil to oxygen or hydrogen at an elevated temperature, and growing metal silicide nanowires on the metal foil surface by flowing a silane gas mixture over the metal foil surface at the elevated temperature, where spontaneous growth of the metal silicide nanowires occur on the metal foil surface, where the metal silicide nanowires are post treated for use as an electrode in a photovoltaic cell or used directly as the electrode in the photovoltaic cell.

Metal silicide nanowire arrays for anti-reflective electrodes in photovoltaics

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Shicheng Xu