Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080241620 | SEPARATOR FOR COOLING MCFC, MCFC INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR COOLING MCFC USING THE SEPARATOR - A separator for cooling an MCFC has a cooling gas flow path provided in the separator, a cooling anode gas or a cooling cathode gas flowing through the cooling gas flow path, the cooling anode gas or the cooling cathode gas having a temperature lower than that of a general anode gas or a general cathode gas which is supplied to an anode or a cathode of the MCFC. | 10-02-2008 |
20080299421 | Method for Analyzing the Performance of Mea and Segmented Cell Used for the Method - A separation plate having a gas flow path is segmented for analyzing MEA performance without segmenting an electrode or a gas diffusion layer. In advance, a MEA is operated for a long time in a real stack environment using a typical separation plate which is not segmented, and then the segmented separation plate for analyzing MEA performance is mounted to the MEA. | 12-04-2008 |
20090023018 | Multi-Layered Electrode for Fuel Cell and Method for Producing the Same - Disclosed are a multi-layered electrode for fuel cell and a method for producing the same, wherein the electrode can be operated under non-humidification and normal temperature, the flooding of the electrode catalyst layer can be prevented, and the long-term operation characteristic can be increased due to the prevention of the loss of the electrode catalyst layer. | 01-22-2009 |
20090208814 | HONEYCOMB-TYPE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a honeycomb type SOFC wherein a first material, density of which is lowered upon phase-transition, a second material having higher thermal expansion coefficient than that of an electrode supporter, or a composite material of the first and second materials is filled in the electrode channel to which the collector is bonded as a material which can form an oxide under the electrode atmosphere, and a manufacturing method thereof. | 08-20-2009 |
20090238711 | Ni-Al ALLOY ANODE FOR MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELL MADE BY IN-SITU SINTERING THE Ni-Al ALLOY AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - Disclosed is a Ni-Al alloy anode for molten carbonate fuel cell made by in-situ sintering the Ni-Al alloy. Further, disclosed is a method for preparing the same comprising steps of preparing a sheet with Ni-Al alloy powders (S1); and installing the sheet in a fuel cell without any heat treatment for sintering the Ni-Al alloy in the sheet and then in-situ sintering the Ni-Al alloy in the sheet during a pretreatment process of the cell with the sheet (S2), wherein a reaction activity of the Ni-Al alloy anode can be maintained, the method is simple and economic, and a mass production of the Ni-Al alloy anode and a scale-up in the method are easy. | 09-24-2009 |
20100021775 | APPARATUS FOR PORTABLE FUEL CELLS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus for portable fuel cell and an operation method thereof, wherein stabilization state after initial operation can be determined using OCV. | 01-28-2010 |
20100075202 | MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING GUARD GASKET - Disclosed is a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) that prevents an electrolyte membrane from being damaged upon the fabrication of a single cell or a stack of fuel cells. The MEA further includes a guard gasket interposed between conventional gaskets, wherein the guard gasket has a thickness corresponding to 70%-95% of the thickness of the electrolyte membrane. The MEA ensures mechanical protection of the electrolyte membrane, and thus prevents the electrolyte membrane from being damaged by an excessive binding pressure upon the fabrication of a single cell or a stack of fuel cells. Furthermore, the contact resistance between the electrolyte membrane and the catalyst layer and the contact resistance between the gas diffusion layer and the catalyst layer can be minimized, thereby improving the quality of a fuel cell. | 03-25-2010 |
20100203415 | UNIT CELL OF HONEYCOMB-TYPE SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL, STACK USING THE UNIT CELL AND METHOD MANUFACTURING THE UNIT CELL AND STACK - Disclosed is a unit cell of a honeycomb-type solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) having a plurality of channels. The channels include cathode channels and anode channels. The cathode channels and anode channels are set up alternately in the unit cell. A collector is installed inside each of the cathode channels and the anode channels, and a packing material is packed into the channels having the collector. Disclosed also is a stack including the unit cells and methods for manufacturing the unit cell and the stack. | 08-12-2010 |
20100279197 | Membrane-electrode binder having dual electrode, method of manufacturing the binder, and fuel cell comprising the same - A membrane-electrode binder for a fuel cell, a method of manufacturing the binder, and a fuel cell comprising the binder are provided, in which the membrane-electrode binder comprises a dual electrode constituted by a first electrode and a second electrode in a two-layer form, and a polymer electrolyte membrane disposed on the dual electrode, the dual electrode comprising an electrode substrate and a catalyst layer formed thereon. In detail, the membrane-electrode binder comprises the dual electrode that is constituted by the first electrode obtained by using a PBI-based binder, the second electrode obtained by using a PTFE-based binder, and an inorganic acid doped PBI-based polymer electrolyte membrane disposed on the dual electrode and coming in contact with the first electrode. In the configuration of the dual electrode, the PBI-based binder used for manufacturing the first electrode contributes to enhancing an adhesive strength with the inorganic acid doped PBI-based polymer electrolyte membrane, and the PTFE-based binder used for manufacturing the second electrode contributes to suppressing the emission of an inorganic acid from the inorganic acid doped PBI-based polymer electrolyte membrane, together improving the performance of a fuel cell. | 11-04-2010 |
20110217614 | DIRECT FORMIC ACID FUEL CELL PERFORMING REAL TIME MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL OF CONCENTRATION OF FORMIC ACID AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a direct formic acid fuel cell and a method of operation thereof capable of maintaining performance constantly through implementing the real time measurement and control of formic acid concentration. | 09-08-2011 |
20110240203 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR A FUEL CELL - Disclosed is a method for producing a membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell, including: dispersing a catalyst and a conductive binder into a dispersion solvent to provide catalyst slurry; subjecting the catalyst slurry to stirring, sonication and homogenization; applying the catalyst slurry onto a substrate, followed by drying; transferring the substrate coated with the catalyst slurry to either surface or both surfaces of an electrolyte membrane to form a catalyst layer; dipping the substrate, the catalyst layer and the electrolyte membrane obtained after the preceding operation into liquid nitrogen; and removing the substrate to provide an electrolyte membrane having the catalyst layer formed thereon. | 10-06-2011 |
20120058414 | METHOD FOR PREPARING MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY PREPARED THEREFROM AND FUEL CELL COMPRISING THE SAME - Provided is a method for producing a membrane-electrode assembly for a full cell, comprising: preparing catalyst ink slurry from a catalyst, an ion conductive polymer and a solvent; applying the catalyst ink slurry onto a support film, followed by vacuum drying; and transferring the support film to either surface or both surfaces of an electrolyte membrane to form a catalyst layer on the electrolyte membrane. A membrane-electrode assembly obtained by the method and a fuel cell including the membrane-electrode assembly are also provided. The method provides a membrane-electrode assembly having increased porosity, and thus the membrane-electrode assembly shows significantly reduced mass transfer resistance. Therefore, the output density and the quality of the fuel cell including the membrane-electrode assembly prepared therefrom can be improved. | 03-08-2012 |
20120115050 | METHOD FOR IN-SITU PREPARATION OF POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE-BASED ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE AND POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE-BASED ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE PREPARED THEREBY - Disclosed is a method for in-situ preparation of a polybenzimidazole-based electrolyte membrane, including: polymerizing a polybenzimidazole polymer in a solution; casting a solution containing the polymerized polymer onto a substrate and drying the solution in air to form a membrane; washing the dried membrane with water or alcohol; and allowing water or alcohol to evaporate from the membrane containing water or alcohol, while maintaining the shape of the membrane. The method for in-situ preparation of a polybenzimidazole-based electrolyte membrane allows easy preparation of a polybenzimidazole-based electrolyte membrane having a desired area without any complicated processes, and thus contributes to simplification of an overall process for fabricating a fuel cell. | 05-10-2012 |
20120135862 | METHODS OF PREPARING ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR FUEL CELLS IN CORE-SHELL STRUCTURE AND ELECTROCATALYSTS - Provided are a method of preparing an electrocatalyst for fuel cells in a core-shell structure, an electrocatalyst for fuel cells having a core-shell structure, and a fuel cell including the electrocatalyst for fuel cells. The method may be useful in forming a core and a shell layer without performing a subsequent process such as chemical treatment or heat treatment and forming a core support in which core particles having a nanosize diameter are homogeneously supported, followed by selectively forming shell layers on surfaces of the core particles in the support. Also, the electrocatalyst for fuel cells has a high catalyst-supporting amount and excellent catalyst activity and electrochemical property. | 05-31-2012 |
20120237850 | ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR FUEL CELL INCLUDING BLEND OF POLYMERS WITH DIFFERENT DEGREES OF SULFONATION, AND MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell. The electrolyte membrane includes a blend of polymers with different degrees of sulfonation. The electrolyte membrane can exhibit excellent effects such as improved long-term cell performance and good long-term dimensional stability while at the same time solving the problems of conventional hydrocarbon electrolyte membranes. Further disclosed are a membrane-electrode assembly and a fuel cell including the electrolyte membrane. | 09-20-2012 |
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 |