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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2008
Masahiko Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Takane, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Takane, Tokyo, JP;
W. L. Gore & Associates, Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a solid polymer fuel cell whose operational stability over time has been enhanced. A reinforced solid polymer electrolyte composite membrane for a solid polymer fuel cell according to the present invention comprises two or more polymer electrolyte membranes and one or more layers of a sheet-like porous reinforcing member, wherein the polymer electrolyte membranes provide both the upper and lower surfaces of the composite membrane, and pores in the sheet-like porous reinforcing member are substantially filled with the electrolyte from the polymer electrolyte membranes, and wherein the sheet-like porous reinforcing member contains a peroxide decomposition catalyst.