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Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012

Filed:

May. 30, 2008
Applicants:

Takayuki Hirashige, Hitachi, JP;

Makoto Morishima, Hitachinaka, JP;

Mikio Kishimoto, Moriya, JP;

Yuko Sawaki, Takatsuki, JP;

Kazutaka Matsuo, Oyamazaki, JP;

Inventors:

Takayuki Hirashige, Hitachi, JP;

Makoto Morishima, Hitachinaka, JP;

Mikio Kishimoto, Moriya, JP;

Yuko Sawaki, Takatsuki, JP;

Kazutaka Matsuo, Oyamazaki, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/10 (2006.01); C01G 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A composite electrolyte membrane uses a metal-oxide hydrate which has a number of hydration water molecules of 2.7 or more and 10 or less and/or which is in the form of particles having a particle diameter of 1 nm or more and 10 nm or less. The composite electrolyte membrane exhibits its expected original performance, has both a high proton conductivity and a low methanol permeability, and provides a high-output membrane electrolyte assembly for a fuel cell.


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