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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2015
Applicant:
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (US);
Inventors:
Xueyan Song, Morgantown, WV (US);
Yun Chen, Morgantown, WV (US);
Kirk Gerdes, Morgantown, WV (US);
Shiwoo Lee, Morgantown, WV (US);
Assignee:
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 4/86 (2006.01); H01M 4/88 (2006.01); H01M 8/12 (2016.01); H01M 8/1213 (2016.01); H01M 8/1246 (2016.01); H01M 8/124 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/0428 (2013.01); H01M 4/8626 (2013.01); H01M 4/8878 (2013.01); H01M 8/1213 (2013.01); H01M 8/1246 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1293 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0074 (2013.01); Y02E 60/525 (2013.01); Y02P 70/56 (2015.11);
Abstract
One embodiment includes forming surface-modifying phases on a surface of a functional electrode via atomic layer deposition and controlling the chemistry of constituent phases, the crystalline nature of the constituent phases and the thickness of the surface-modifying phase via the atomic layer deposition such that the thickness is between about 2 nm to about 200 nm. The surface-modifying phases enhances the performance of electrocatalytic activity of the functional electrode and the device.