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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2019
3m Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Andrew J. L. Steinbach, Shoreview, MN (US);
Andrew T. Haug, Woodbury, MN (US);
Krzysztof A. Lewinski, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Amy E. Hester, Hudson, WI (US);
Grant M. Thoma, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Cedric Bedoya, Woodbury, MN (US);
Zhenhua Zeng, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Jeffrey P. Greeley, West Lafayette, IN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Catalysts comprising a Ta layer having an outer layer with a layer comprising Pt directly thereon, wherein the Ta layer has an average thickness in a range from 0.04 to 30 nanometers, wherein the layer comprising Pt has an average thickness in a range from 0.04 to 50 nanometers, and wherein the Pt and Ta are present in an atomic ratio in a range from 0.01:1 to 10:1. Catalyst described herein are useful, for example, in fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies.