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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2019
Applicant:

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (US);

Inventors:

Xueyan Song, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Yun Chen, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Kirk Gerdes, Morgantown, WV (US);

Assignee:

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/455 (2006.01); H01M 4/86 (2006.01); H01M 4/88 (2006.01); C23C 16/40 (2006.01); C23C 16/06 (2006.01); H01M 4/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/8657 (2013.01); C23C 16/06 (2013.01); C23C 16/406 (2013.01); C23C 16/45555 (2013.01); H01M 4/8621 (2013.01); H01M 4/8867 (2013.01); H01M 4/9025 (2013.01); H01M 4/9058 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described herein are methods of forming an electrocatalyst structure on an electrode, comprising depositing a first layer on the electrode using atomic layer deposition (ALD), wherein the first layer comprises a plurality of discrete nanoparticles of a first electrocatalyst, and depositing one or more of a second layer on the first layer and the electrode using ALD, wherein the one or more second layer comprises a second electrocatalyst, wherein the first layer and the one or more second layers, collectively, form a multi-layer electrocatalyst structure on the electrode. Also described are electrodes having a multi-layer electrocatalyst structure. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.


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