Ballard Power Systems Corporation

Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.

Bdf IP Holdings Ltd.

Audi Ag

Volkswagen Ag

Siyu Ye

Kyoung J Bai

Dustin William H Banham

Takeaki Kishimoto

Shanna Denine Knights

Yoshikazu Kobayashi

Chihiro Fujii

Alan Young

Rajesh Bashyam

Scott McDermid

Michael V Lauritzen

Sean M MacKinnon

Ping He

Alexander Man-Chung Leung

Paul Beattie

David S De Haan

Goran R Vlajnic

Andrew Leow

Brooks Friess

Neil R Andrews

Kenneth A Murray

Katie Ling Pei

Todd E Wilke

Shannon R Hodgson

Dustin Banham

Ronald Mah

Alan Patrick Young

Dustin William Banham

Shanna D Knights

Kyoung Bai

A cathode of a battery including an electrolyte membrane, containing a first layer which contains 0.3 mg/cmor more and 9.0 mg/cmor less of a carbon catalyst; and a second layer which is arranged between the electrolyte membrane and the first layer in the battery, and which contains 0.002 mg/cmor more and 0.190 mg/cmor less of platinum. The carbon catalyst has a ratio of a mesopore volume to a total pore volume of 30% or more.

Cathode, membrane electrode assembly, and battery

A membrane electrode assembly comprises an anode electrode comprising an anode catalyst layer and an anode gas diffusion layer, a cathode electrode comprising a cathode catalyst layer and a cathode gas diffusion layer, a polymer electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer, and a layer comprising a fluoroalkyl-phosphonic acid compound between at least one of the anode gas diffusion layer and the anode catalyst layer, the anode catalyst layer and the polymer electrolyte membrane, the polymer electrolyte membrane and the cathode catalyst layer, and the cathode catalyst layer and the cathode gas diffusion layer.

Membrane electrode assembly with fluoro alkyl compound additive

A cathode, a membrane electrode assembly, and a battery, each has excellent durability. The cathode is a cathode of a battery including an electrolyte membrane, the cathode including: a first layer which contains 0.3 mg/cmor more and 9.0 mg/cmor less of a carbon catalyst; and a second layer which is arranged between the electrolyte membrane and the first layer in the battery, and which contains 0.002 mg/cmor more and 0.190 mg/cmor less of platinum.

A membrane electrode assembly comprises a polymer electrolyte interposed between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, the anode electrode comprising an anode catalyst layer adjacent at least a portion of a first major surface of the polymer electrolyte, the cathode electrode comprising a cathode catalyst layer adjacent at least a portion of a second major surface of the polymer electrolyte; at least one of the anode and cathode catalyst layers comprising: a first catalyst composition comprising a noble metal; and a second composition comprising a metal oxide; wherein the second composition has been treated with a fluoro-phosphonic acid compound.

Membrane electrode assembly with improved electrode

A catalyst layer () for a fuel cell and to a method suitable for producing the catalyst layer (). The catalyst layer () includes a catalyst material () containing a catalytic material () and optionally porous carrier material () on which the catalytic material () is supported. The catalyst layer also includes mesoporous particles () made from hydrophobic material.

Catalyst layer for a fuel cell and method for the production thereof

A membrane electrode assembly including: an anode electrode; a cathode electrode; and a polymer electrolyte membrane; wherein the cathode includes a first cathode catalyst sublayer including a first precious metal catalyst composition and a first ionomer composition including a first ionomer and a second ionomer; and a second cathode catalyst sublayer including a second precious metal catalyst composition and a second ionomer composition including a third ionomer; wherein the first ionomer is different from the second ionomer in at least one of chemical structure and equivalent weight.

Cathode electrode design for electrochemical fuel cells

A battery cathode, a composition for a catalyst layer of a battery cathode, and a battery, each achieves excellent performance while using a non-platinum catalyst. The battery cathode includes a catalyst layer, wherein the catalyst layer contains a non-platinum catalyst, has a thickness of 15 &#x3bc;m or more, and has a conductance per 1 cmof an electrode area of more than 100 S and less than 350 S.

Battery cathode, composition for battery cathode catalytic layer, and battery

A method for improving the performance and/or stability of non-precious metal catalysts in fuel cells and other electrochemical devices. Improved membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) and fuel cells containing the same are provided. Such MEAs include a catalyst layer made up of at least two sub-layers containing ionomers of differing equivalent weights. The sub-layers may optionally contain mixtures of ionomers. Also provided are methods of making and using the described devices.

Multi-layer catalyst design

A membrane electrode assembly comprises an anode electrode comprising an anode gas diffusion layer and an anode catalyst layer; a cathode electrode comprising a cathode gas diffusion layer and a cathode catalyst layer; and a polymer electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer; wherein the cathode catalyst layer comprises: a first cathode catalyst sublayer adjacent the polymer electrolyte membrane, the first cathode catalyst sublayer comprising a first catalyst supported on a first carbonaceous support and a second catalyst supported on a second carbonaceous support; and a second cathode catalyst sublayer adjacent the cathode gas diffusion layer, the second cathode catalyst sublayer comprising a third catalyst supported on a third carbonaceous support; wherein the first carbonaceous support is carbon black and the second and third carbonaceous supports are graphitized carbon.

Cathode design for electrochemical cells

The present invention is related to methods of making membrane electrode assembly components. The methods include transferring a catalyst layer to a polymer electrolyte membrane or a gas diffusion layer. Methods of making membrane electrode assemblies with these components are also disclosed.

Methods of making components for electrochemical cells

An anode catalyst layer for a fuel cell is presented having first and second catalyst compositions and a hydrophobic binder. The first catalyst composition includes a noble metal, other than Ru, on a corrosion-resistant support material; the second catalyst composition contains a single-phase solid solution of a metal oxide containing Ru. The through-plane concentration of ionomer in the catalyst layer decreases as a function of distance from the membrane interface. Gas diffusion electrodes, catalyst-coated membranes, MEAs and fuel cells having the foregoing anode catalyst layer are also described.

Fuel cell anode structure for voltage reversal tolerance

A significant problem in PEM fuel cell durability is in premature failure of the ion-exchange membrane and in particular by the degradation of the ion-exchange membrane by reactive hydrogen peroxide species. Such degradation can be reduced or eliminated by the presence of an additive in the anode, cathode or ion-exchange membrane. The additive may be a radical scavenger, a membrane cross-linker, a hydrogen peroxide decomposition catalyst and/or a hydrogen peroxide stabilizer. The presence of the additive in the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) may however result in reduced performance of the PEM fuel cell. Accordingly, it may be desirable to restrict the location of the additive to locations of increased susceptibility to membrane degradation such as the inlet and/or outlet regions of the MEA.

Reduced degradation of ion-exchange membranes in electrochemical fuel cells

A membrane electrode assembly may be made using a one-sided catalyst coated membrane (CCM) wherein only one catalyst layer, either the anode or the cathode, is coated directly on the ion-exchange membrane. In particular, a one-sided CCM may be used where it may not be practicable to coat both sides of the ion-exchange membrane with catalyst layers such as when PTFE is added to the anode catalyst layer to render it reversal tolerant.

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