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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells Limited, London, GB;
David Edward Barnwell, Wiltshire, GB;
Robert Jeffrey Coleman, Wiltshire, GB;
Angus Dickinson, Wiltshire, GB;
Peter Geoffrey Gray, Wiltshire, GB;
Jorge Manuel Caramelo Soares, Wiltshire, GB;
Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells Limited, London, England, GB;
Abstract
Disclosed is a reinforced membrane-seal assembly, the reinforced membrane-seal assembly including: an inner region and a border region and wherein the inner region includes ion-conducting component and the border region includes seal component; wherein first and second planar porous reinforcing components each extend across the inner region into the border region and wherein the pores of each of the first and second planar porous reinforcing components in the inner region are impregnated with ion-conducting component and the pores of each of the first and second planar porous reinforcing components in the border region are impregnated with seal component is disclosed. Also disclosed is a catalyst-coated reinforced membrane-seal assembly, a reinforced membrane-seal electrode assembly and an electrochemical device including the reinforced membrane-seal assembly.