| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090239115 | HETEROATOM-CONTAINING MESOPOROUS CARBON, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND FUEL CELL USING THE HETEROATOM-CONTAINING MESOPOROUS CARBON - A heteroatom-containing mesoporous carbon has a pore diameter of 11 to 35 nm, has a specific surface area of 500 m | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100004121 | Short carbon nanotube for catalyst support, method of preparing the same, catalyst impregnated carbon nanotube using the same, and fuel cell using the catalyst impregnated carbon nanotube - The present invention is related to a short carbon nanotube for a catalyst support. In particular, the short carbon nanotube may be opened at both ends, a length of less than about 300 nm, and an aspect ratio in the range of about 1 to about 15. The short carbon nanotube has a broad surface area and better electric conductivity and is opened at both ends, thereby impregnating a metallic catalyst into the inner side of the carbon nanotube. Also, a catalyst impregnated carbon nanotube has a broad effective specific surface area, and thus, has an improved efficiency of catalyst utilization, can reduce an amount of the catalyst used and can efficiently diffuse a fuel. Accordingly, when catalyst impregnated carbon nanotube is used in a fuel cell, etc., improvements can be made in the pricing, power density of an electrode, and energy density of a fuel cell. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100081034 | SUPPORTED CATALYST AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - A method of preparing a supported catalyst includes dissolving a cation exchange polymer in alcohol to prepare a solution containing cation exchange polymer; mixing the cation exchange polymer containing solution with a catalytic metal precursor or a solution containing catalytic metal precursor; heating the mixture after adjusting its pH to a predetermined range; adding a reducing agent to the resultant and stirring the solution to reduce the catalytic metal precursor; mixing the resultant with a catalyst support; adding a precipitating agent to the resultant to form precipitates; and filtering and drying the precipitates. The method of preparing a supported catalyst can provide a highly dispersed supported catalyst containing catalytic metal particles with a reduced average size regardless of the type of catalyst support, which provides better catalytic activity than conventional catalysts at the same loading amount of catalytic metal. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100081036 | ALCOHOL OXIDATION CATALYST, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND FUEL CELL USING THE ALCOHOL OXIDATION CATALYST - An ethanol oxidation catalyst including a Pt/Ru alloy and tin(II) oxide or tin(IV) oxide, a method of manufacturing the same, an electrode for a fuel cell including the ethanol oxidation catalyst, and a fuel cell having excellent power generation efficiency using the electrode. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100167106 | ORDERED MESOPOROUS CARBON COMPOSITE CATALYST, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - An ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) composite catalyst includes an OMC; and metal particles and at least one component selected from a group consisting of nitrogen and sulfur included in the OMC. The ordered mesoporous carbon composite catalyst may be formed by impregnating an ordered mesoporous silica with a mixture of at least one selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen-containing carbon precursor, and a sulfur-containing carbon precursor, a metal precursor, and a solvent; drying and heat-treating the impregnated OMS; carbonizing the dried and heat-treated OMS to obtain a carbon-OMS composite; and removing the OMS from the carbon-OMS composite. A fuel cell may contain the OMC composite catalyst. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110039184 | CARBON NANOSPHERE WITH AT LEAST ONE OPENING, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, CARBON NANOSPHERE-IMPREGNATED CATALYST USING THE CARBON NANOSPHERE, AND FUEL CELL USING THE CATALYST - A carbon nanosphere has at least one opening. The carbon nanosphere is obtained by preparing a carbon nanosphere and treating it with an acid to form the opening. The carbon nanosphere with at least one opening has higher utilization of a surface area and electrical conductivity and lower mass transfer resistance than a conventional carbon nanotube, thus allowing for higher current density and cell voltage with a smaller amount of metal catalyst per unit area of a fuel cell electrode. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110053039 | ELECTRODE CATALYST, AND MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE ELECTRODE CATALYST - An electrode catalyst for a fuel cell having comparable electrochemical activity as a platinum electrode catalyst but is much cheaper than the platinum electrode catalyst has a structure in which palladium and at least one metal catalyst selected from the group consisting of nickel, gold, iron, and silver, and combinations thereof, are supported on a tungsten carbide and carbon mesoporous composite support. A membrane electrode assembly and a fuel cell including the electrode catalyst also has comparable electrochemical activity as a platinum electrode catalyst but is also much cheaper than the platinum electrode catalyst. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110123900 | ION CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITE MEMBRANE USING INORGANIC CONDUCTOR - An ion-conductive composite membrane and a method of manufacturing the same, the membrane including phosphate platelets, a silicon compound, and a Keggin-type oxometalate and/or Keggin-type heteropoly acid, wherein the phosphate platelets are three-dimensionally connected to each other via the silicon compound. An electrolyte membrane having an ion-conductive inorganic membrane or an ion-conductive organic/inorganic composite membrane effectively prevents crossover of liquid fuel without the reduction of ion conductivity in a liquid fuel cell, thereby allowing for the production of fuel cells having excellent performance. | 05-26-2011 |