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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2013
Applicants:
Zhongwei Chen, Waterloo, CA;
Zhu Chen, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Zhongwei Chen, Waterloo, CA;
Zhu Chen, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/90 (2006.01); H01M 4/86 (2006.01); H01M 4/96 (2006.01); H01M 12/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/9016 (2013.01); H01M 4/8615 (2013.01); H01M 4/96 (2013.01); H01M 12/06 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a bifunctional catalyst for use with air metal batteries and fuel cell. The bifunctional catalyst comprising a core and a shell, where the core comprises a metal oxide and the shell comprises a carbon nanostructure. In a further aspect the bifunctional catalyst is catalytically active for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions.