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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2016
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Cataler Corporation, Kakegawa-shi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tetsuo Nagami, Nagoya, JP;
Sozaburo Ohashi, Nagoya, JP;
Mikihiro Kataoka, Toyota, JP;
Tomoaki Terada, Kakegawa, JP;
Takahiro Nagata, Kakegawa, JP;
Yosuke Horiuchi, Kakegawa, JP;
Akihiro Hori, Kakegawa, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Cataler Corporation, Kakegawa-shi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Abstract
A method for producing an electrode catalyst for a fuel cell is provided. The electrode catalyst includes a carbon support and a catalyst supported on the carbon support. The catalyst is one of platinum and a platinum-alloy. The method includes supporting the catalyst on the carbon support; and treating the carbon support carrying the catalyst with a nitric acid and cleaning the treated carbon support, such that an amount of an acid present on the carbon support becomes in a range from 0.7 mmol to 1.31 mmol of the acid per gram of the electrode catalyst.