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| 20080199758 | SMALL PORTABLE FUEL CELL AND MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY USED THEREIN - A fuel cell includes: a fuel cell body; and a fuel supplier supplying fuel to the fuel cell body, wherein the fuel cell body includes: a membrane electrode assembly including an ion exchange membrane, an anode catalyst layer positioned at one surface of the ion exchange membrane, an anode gas diffusion layer positioned at one surface of the anode catalyst layer, and a cathode catalyst layer positioned at other surface of the ion exchange membrane; and a fuel flow field positioned at the one surface of the anode gas diffusion layer and supplying the fuel to the anode catalyst layer through the anode diffusion layer. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080241634 | PUMP DRIVING MODULE AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A fuel pump driving module used for supplying fuel from a fuel tank to a fuel cell—and more particularly, a driving module for a diaphragm pump, and a fuel cell system equipped with the same—includes a pump controller for generating an ON/OFF signal and a reference pulse to a pump; and a pump driving pulse generation unit for combining the reference pulse according to a predetermined rule to determine a frequency and a duty ratio of the pump driving pulse and activating the pump driving pulse according to the ON/OFF signal to the pump. The pump driving module may be useful to commonly apply a single pump driving module to various manufacturers' fuel pumps, thereby to reduce the fabricating cost of the fuel cell system. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090011311 | CATHODE CATALYST FOR FUEL CELL, METHOD OF PREPARING SAME, AND MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SAME - The cathode catalyst for a fuel cell includes an RuSe alloy having an average particle size of less than or equal to 6 nm. The cathode catalyst may also include a metal carbide. The RuSe alloy is a highly active amorphous catalyst. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090081503 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cell system capable of exactly controlling a concentration of a fuel supplied for generation of electricity regardless of deterioration of a concentration sensor with time, and a driving method thereof include: a fuel cell stack to generate electric power through an electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; a mixing tank to supply a diluted fuel to the fuel cell stack, the diluted fuel obtained by mixing a raw fuel with water discharged from the fuel cell stack; a reference concentration tank to store a predetermined optimum concentration of a reference solution for the fuel cell stack; and a concentration sensing module to measure a concentration of either the diluted fuel or the reference solution. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090081507 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Disclosed is a methanol fuel cell system that utilizes solid methanol as a fuel. The fuel cell system according to the present invention includes a fuel cell stack for generating electricity through a chemical reaction of oxygen and hydrogen produced from solid methanol, a fuel supply tank containing solid methanol, and a recycle line that directs an effluent of the fuel cell stack back to the fuel supply tank. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090104490 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND INITIAL DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cell system is provided including a fuel cell stack and a starting controller. The fuel cell stack has output terminals for applying an output voltage. The starting controller is configured to control the output voltage applied across the output terminals of the fuel cell stack during a starting period to be a starting voltage lower than a rated voltage. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090110973 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack for generating electricity by a electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; a controller for controlling the operation of the system; a hydride storage tank for storing hydride powder as a source of hydrogen for the fuel cell stack; a hydrogen separating chamber for collecting hydrogen gas generated from a reaction of the hydride powder and liquid catalyst; a powder transferring device for transferring the hydride powder to the hydrogen separating chamber; and a residue collector for collecting residues that are generated from the reaction and settled at the bottom of the hydrogen separating chamber. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090110974 | FLOW CHANNEL AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack for generating electric energy by an electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen; a hydride tank for storing a liquid hydride; a liquid catalyst tank for storing a liquid catalyst for promoting a hydrogen gas generation reaction from the liquid hydride; a reaction flow channel for promoting laminar flow of the liquid hydride and the liquid catalyst; and a hydrogen separator for storing the hydrogen gas generated from the reaction flow channel and transferring the hydrogen gas to the fuel cell stack. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090110976 | FUEL TANK AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A fuel cell system for generating electrical energy by a chemical reaction between a fuel and an oxidizing agent. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, by using a hydrophobic porous membrane, an alkaline material such as sodium that is generated together with hydrogen gas in a hydrolysis reaction of a metal hydride compound can be eliminated effectively. Accordingly, the fuel cell system according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention can stably generate electrical energy for a time longer than a conventional fuel cell system. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090200678 | Device comprising multi-layered thin film having excellent adhesive strength and method for fabricating the same - A device comprises a multi-layered thin film having excellent adhesion due to the method of fabricating the same. More particularly, the device includes a multi-layered thin film consisting of a tantalum nitride layer, a tantalum layer formed on the tantalum nitride layer, and a gold thin film formed on the tantalum layer. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090286124 | Membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell, method for making the same, and fuel cell system including the same - A membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell including a first substrate and a second substrate and a catalyst layer between the first substrate and the second substrate is provided, where the first substrate is a polymer electrolyte membrane and the second substrate is a electrode substrate, or the first substrate is the electrode substrate and the second substrate is the polymer electrolyte membrane. The catalyst layer has a h | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090291202 | ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE FOR A FUEL CELL, A METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND A MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING THE SAME - An electrode substrate for a fuel cell including a diffusion layer, a first microporous layer that embeds into the diffusion layer, with the first microporous layer having a thickness in the range of 10 to 30 μm, and a second microporous layer that forms a boundary with the diffusion layer on the surface of the first microporous layer. The electrode substrate has improved performance such as increased diffusion properties of a fuel or an oxidant, increased properties of releasing moisture, and enhanced electron conductivity. | 11-26-2009 |
