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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2008
Chunming Niu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Calvin Y. H. Chow, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Stephen A. Empedocles, Los Altos, CA (US);
J. Wallace Parce, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chunming Niu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Calvin Y. H. Chow, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Stephen A. Empedocles, Los Altos, CA (US);
J. Wallace Parce, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Nanosys, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses nanowires for use in a fuel cell comprising a metal catalyst deposited on a surface of the nanowires. A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell is disclosed which generally comprises a proton exchange membrane, an anode electrode, and a cathode electrode, wherein at least one or more of the anode electrode and cathode electrode comprise an interconnected network of the catalyst supported nanowires. Methods are also disclosed for preparing a membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell based upon an interconnected network of nanowires.