Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130059231 | CORE-SHELL STRUCTURED ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR FUEL CELLS AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a method for producing a core-shell structured electrocatalyst for a fuel cell. The method includes uniformly supporting nano-sized core particles on a support to obtain a core support, and selectively forming a shell layer only on the surface of the core particles of the core support. According to the method, the core and the shell layer can be formed without the need for a post-treatment process, such as chemical treatment and heat treatment. Further disclosed is a core-shell structured electrocatalyst for a fuel cell produced by the method. The core-shell structured electrocatalyst has a large amount of supported catalyst and exhibits superior catalytic activity and excellent electrochemical properties. Further disclosed is a fuel cell including the core-shell structured electrocatalyst. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060506 | INTACT METHOD OF EVALUATING UNIT CELLS IN A FUEL CELL STACK AND A DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for an intact evaluation of the unit cells in a fuel cell stack. Since the degradation of the unit cells can be detected intactly, i.e. without disassembly of the stack, the time required for the detection and analysis thereof can be greatly reduced. | 03-07-2013 |
20130189605 | CERIA-BASED COMPOSITION, CERIA-BASED COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTE POWDER, METHOD FOR SINTERING THE SAME AND SINTERED BODY MADE THEREOF - Provided are a ceria-based composition including ceria or metal-doped ceria, lithium salt, and optionally, bismuth oxide, ceria-based composite electrolyte powder, and a sintering method and sintered body using the same. Particularly, the lithium salt is present in an amount more than | 07-25-2013 |
20130209286 | HYDROGEN PUMP SYSTEM OPERABLE WITHOUT EXTERNAL ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY - Disclosed is a hydrogen pump system operable without external electric power supply. The hydrogen pump system is capable of separating or purifying hydrogen without an external electric power supply. | 08-15-2013 |
20130216935 | POLY(BENZIMIDAZOLE-CO-BENZOXAZOLE) AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - Provided is poly(benzimidazole-co-benzoxazole) having polybenzimidazole to which benzoxazole units are introduced, as a polymer electrolyte material. The polymer electrolyte material has both high proton conductivity and excellent mechanical properties even when it is obtained by in-situ phosphoric acid doping. The polymer electrolyte material may substitute for the conventional phosphoric acid-doped polybenzimidazole in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, particularly in a high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. | 08-22-2013 |
20130323496 | PERFLUORINATED SULFONIC ACID POLYMER MEMBRANE HAVING POROUS SURFACE LAYER AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - Provided are a perfluorinated sulfonic acid polymer membrane having a porous surface layer, which includes a surface layer and a bottom layer present at the bottom of the surface layer, wherein the surface layer is a porous layer, and the bottom layer is non-porous dense layer, and a method for preparing the same through a solvent evaporation process. | 12-05-2013 |
20140004446 | CERIA-BASED COMPOSITION INCLUDING BISMUTH OXIDE, CERIA-BASED COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTE POWDER INCLUDING BISMUTH OXIDE, METHOD FOR SINTERING THE SAME AND SINTERED BODY MADE THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
20140221192 | PROCESS OF PREPARING CARBON-SUPPORTED METAL CATALYST BY PHYSICAL DEPOSITION - The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for preparing nanosized metal or alloy nanoparticles by depositing metal or alloy nanoparticles with superior size uniformity on the surface of a powder as a base material by vacuum deposition and then dissolving or melting the base material using a solvent or heat. The method solves the problems of the existing expensive multi-step synthesis method based on chemical reduction and allows effective synthesis of metal or alloy nanoparticles with very uniform size and metal or alloy catalyst nanoparticles supported on carbon at low cost. | 08-07-2014 |
20140315118 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL INCLUDING COMPLEX CATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPLEX CATALYST - A polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell is provided. The polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell includes a phosphoric acid-doped polyimidazole electrolyte membrane and a complex catalyst. In the complex catalyst, an alloy or mixture of a metal and a chalcogen element is supported on a carbon carrier. The polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell exhibits further improved long-term operation, power generation efficiency, and operational stability at high temperature. The complex catalyst can be produced by a simple method. | 10-23-2014 |
20140329169 | SULFONATED POLYETHERSULFONE COPOLYMER CONTAINING HYDROXYL GROUPS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR FUEL CELLS AND MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING THE SAME - Provided are a hydroxyl group-containing sulfonated polyethersulfone copolymer, a method for preparing the same, a polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cell, and a membrane electrode assembly including the same. More particularly, provided are a hydroxyl group-containing sulfonated polyethersulfone electrolyte membrane and a membrane electrode assembly including the same, which are applied to a fuel cell to provide significantly higher ion conductivity as compared to the sulfonated polymer electrolyte membranes according to the related art. The hydroxyl group-containing sulfonated polyethersulfone copolymer electrolyte membrane shows significantly higher ion conductivity under various temperature and humidity conditions as compared to the sulfonated polymer electrolyte membranes according to the related art. Therefore, it is expected that the hydroxyl group-containing sulfonated polyethersulfone copolymer substitutes for expensive fluoropolymer electrolyte membranes such as Nafion. | 11-06-2014 |