公开(公告)号：US20220181646A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-09

申请号：US17677723

申请日：2022-02-22

Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Inventor： Jong Hyun JANG ,  Hyun Seo PARK ,  Hee-Young PARK ,  Katie Heeyum LIM ,  Oh Sub KIM ,  Hyoung-Juhn KIM ,  Jin Young KIM ,  Sung Jong YOO ,  Dirk HENKENSMEIR ,  So Young LEE

IPC: H01M4/92 ,  H01M4/86 ,  H01M4/88 ,  H01M4/90

Abstract: Disclosed are a catalyst electrode for a fuel cell, a method for fabricating the catalyst electrode, and a fuel cell including the catalyst electrode. The presence of an ionomer-ionomer support composite in the catalyst electrode prevents the porous structure of the catalyst electrode from collapsing due to oxidation of a carbon support to avoid an increase in resistance to gas diffusion and can stably secure proton channels. The presence of carbon materials with high conductivity is effective in preventing the electrical conductivity of the electrode from deterioration resulting from the use of a metal oxide in the ionomer-ionomer support composite and is also effective in suppressing collapse of the porous structure of the electrode to prevent an increase in resistance to gas diffusion in the electrode. Based on these effects, the fuel cell exhibits excellent performance characteristics and prevents its performance from deteriorating during continuous operation.

公开(公告)号：US20210020954A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-21

申请号：US16841371

申请日：2020-04-06

Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Inventor： Hee-Young PARK ,  Jong Hyun JANG ,  Hyean-Yeol PARK ,  Jea-Woo JUNG ,  Katie Heeyum LIM ,  Hyoung-Juhn KIM ,  Dirk HENKENSMEIR ,  Sung Jong YOO ,  Jin Young KIM ,  Hyun Seo PARK ,  So Young LEE

IPC: H01M4/92 ,  H01M4/88 ,  H01M8/1004

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fuel cell catalyst and a manufacturing method thereof. The fuel cell catalyst of the present disclosure can be used to manufacture a membrane electrode assembly having a catalyst layer of high density and high dispersion by solving the problem of aggregation of catalyst particles occurring during the formation of the catalyst layer, by using a catalyst including a polydopamine-coated support.
In addition, the method for manufacturing a fuel cell catalyst of the present disclosure does not require a solvent because the catalyst including the polydopamine-coated support and the halide in solid phase are simply heat-treated by solid-to-solid dry synthesis and allows manufacturing of a fuel cell catalyst in short time because a washing process using a solvent and an extraction process for sampling are unnecessary after the synthesis.

公开(公告)号：US20210273240A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US16934893

申请日：2020-07-21

Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Inventor： Jong Hyun JANG ,  Hyun Seo PARK ,  Hee-Young PARK ,  Katie Heeyum LIM ,  Oh Sub KIM ,  Hyoung-Juhn KIM ,  Jin Young KIM ,  Sung Jong YOO ,  Dirk HENKENSMEIR ,  So Young LEE

IPC: H01M4/92 ,  H01M4/88 ,  H01M4/90 ,  H01M4/86

Abstract: Disclosed are a catalyst electrode for a fuel cell, a method for fabricating the catalyst electrode, and a fuel cell including the catalyst electrode. The presence of an ionomer-ionomer support composite in the catalyst electrode prevents the porous structure of the catalyst electrode from collapsing due to oxidation of a carbon support to avoid an increase in resistance to gas diffusion and can stably secure proton channels. The presence of carbon materials with high conductivity is effective in preventing the electrical conductivity of the electrode from deterioration resulting from the use of a metal oxide in the ionomer-ionomer support composite and is also effective in suppressing collapse of the porous structure of the electrode to prevent an increase in resistance to gas diffusion in the electrode. Based on these effects, the fuel cell exhibits excellent performance characteristics and prevents its performance from deteriorating during continuous operation.