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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2006
Applicants:
Yu Seung Kim, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Jong-ho Choi, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Piotr Zelenay, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Inventors:
Yu Seung Kim, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Jong-Ho Choi, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Piotr Zelenay, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/00 (2006.01); C25F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of removing contaminants from a fuel cell catalyst electrode. The method includes providing a getter electrode and a fuel cell catalyst electrode having at least one contaminant to a bath and applying a voltage sufficient to drive the contaminant from the fuel cell catalyst electrode to the getter electrode. Methods of removing contaminants from a membrane electrode assembly of a fuel cell and of improving performance of a fuel cell are also provided.