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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sudath Amarasinghe, Iowa City, IA (US);
Shelley Minteer, Burlington, IA (US);
Lois Anne Zook, Richmond, OH (US);
Drew C. Dunwoody, St. Paul, MN (US);
Catherine Spolar, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Hachull Chung, Chonan, KR;
Johna Leddy, Iowa City, IA (US);
Assignee:
The University of Iowa Research Foundation, Iowa City, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/90 ; B01D 3/506 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/90 ; B01D 3/506 ;
Abstract
Materials and methods for making and using magnetically enhanced composite materials are provided. Surfaces coated with such composites can be used to improve fuel cells, material separators, and other applications. A variety of devices can incorporate such composites, including fuel cells, separators, batteries, and electrodes that effect electrolysis of magnetic species.