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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2006
Applicants:

Timothy J. Fuller, Pittsford, NY (US);

Michael R. Schoeneweiss, West Henrietta, NY (US);

Tao Xie, Troy, MI (US);

Frank Coms, Fairport, NY (US);

Sean M. Mackinnon, West Henrietta, NY (US);

Gerald W. Fly, Geneseo, NY (US);

Inventors:

Timothy J. Fuller, Pittsford, NY (US);

Michael R. Schoeneweiss, West Henrietta, NY (US);

Tao Xie, Troy, MI (US);

Frank Coms, Fairport, NY (US);

Sean M. MacKinnon, West Henrietta, NY (US);

Gerald W. Fly, Geneseo, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/02 (2006.01); H01M 4/86 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/8657 (2013.01); H01M 4/8652 (2013.01); H01M 8/103 (2013.01); H01M 8/1023 (2013.01); H01M 8/1027 (2013.01); H01M 8/1032 (2013.01); H01M 8/1039 (2013.01); H01M 8/1048 (2013.01); H01M 8/1051 (2013.01); H01M 8/1053 (2013.01); H01M 8/1067 (2013.01); H01M 8/1069 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0091 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0094 (2013.01); Y02E 60/522 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fuel cell comprising: a first layer comprising a first ionomer and an additive, the additive comprising a metal oxide comprising an oxide at least one of of Ce, Mn, V, Pt, Ru, Zr, Ni, Cr, W, Co, Mo, or Sn, and wherein the additive is present in at least 0.1 weight percent of the ionomer is disclosed as one embodiment of the invention, and performance and durability are advantaged wherein one or all of the metal oxide consists essentially nanoparticles.


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