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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Larry J. Markoski, Champaign, IL (US);
Piotr Waszczuk, St. Paul, MN (US);
Paul J. A. Kenis, Champaign, IL (US);
Eric R. Choban, Urbana, IL (US);
Inventors:
Larry J. Markoski, Champaign, IL (US);
Piotr Waszczuk, St. Paul, MN (US);
Paul J. A. Kenis, Champaign, IL (US);
Eric R. Choban, Urbana, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for transporting a gas to an electrode in a fuel cell is provided, whereby the gas is dissolved in an emulsion comprising a fluorinated hydrocarbon, a surfactant and an aqueous electrolyte with a pH of at most 4 or at least 9, and the emulsion is contacted with the electrode.