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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2002
Bobby Dean Landreth, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Steven D. Pratt, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Sivakumar Muthuswamy, Plantation, FL (US);
Ronald J. Kelley, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Robert W. Pennisi, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Bobby Dean Landreth, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Steven D. Pratt, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Sivakumar Muthuswamy, Plantation, FL (US);
Ronald J. Kelley, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Robert W. Pennisi, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A direct methanol fuel cell systemuses dissolved catalyst to promote a fuel cell reaction that takes place in an anode sub-chamberof a fuel cellAccording to the preferred embodiment the dissolved catalyst comprises a macro cyclic coordinated compound of platinum. The dissolved catalyst is preferably continuously circulated through the anode sub-chamberand is preferably mixed in a mixing valvewith methanol and water in order to promote its catalytic action.