Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of producing electrode materials for solid oxide cells which comprises applying an electric potential to a metal oxide which has a perovskite crystal structure. The resultant electrode catalyst exhibits excellent electrochemical performance. The invention extends to the electrode catalyst itself, and to electrodes and solid oxide cells comprising the electrode catalyst.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode for a lithium-air battery and a method for preparing the same, and the positive electrode for a lithium-air battery according to the present disclosure has advantages in that it improves electrical conductivity and mechanical strength of an electrode, and increases loading amounts.
Abstract:
According to at least one aspect of the present invention, a fuel cell electrode assembly is provided. In one embodiment, the fuel cell electrode assembly includes a substrate and a plurality of catalyst regions supported on the substrate to provide a passage way formed between the catalyst regions for passing fuel cell reactants, at least a portion of the plurality of catalyst regions including a number of atomic layers of catalyst metals. In certain instances, the number of atomic layers of catalyst metals is greater than zero and less than 300. In certain other instances, the number of atomic layers of catalyst metals is between 1 and 100. In yet certain other instances, the number of atomic layers of catalyst metals is between 1 and 20.
Abstract:
A composition containing a uniformly dispersed polyoxazine-based compound, a method of preparing the composition, an electrode including the composition, and a fuel cell including the electrode.
Abstract:
A fuel cell layer includes a plurality of membrane electrode assemblies disposed in a planar array arrangement and an interconnector for electrically coupling an anode catalyst layer of one of adjacent membrane electrode assemblies to a cathode catalyst layer of the other of the adjacent membrane electrode assemblies. Each membrane electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane, the anode catalyst layer provided on one face of the electrolyte member and the cathode catalyst layer provided on the other face of the electrolyte membrane in such a manner that at least part of which is disposed counter to the anode catalyst layer. The interconnector is formed of at least one of a material constituting the anode catalyst layer and a material constituting the cathode catalyst layer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for producing continuous catalyst layers on substrate materials by gravure printing with the aid of catalyst-containing inks, a printing plate being used which has at least one print image with an interrupted line screen whose longitudinal lines are arranged at an angle α of from 10 to 80° relative to the printing direction. Preferably, the print images have dip volumes in the range from range from 100 to 300 ml/m2.The catalyst layers produced are cohesive and continuous and have dry layer thicknesses in the range from 1 to 20 μm, preferably in the range from 2 to 15 μm.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a unit cell of a solid oxide fuel cell using a transfer process, in which an anode, electrolyte, cathode and interconnect are deposited on a substrate using the transfer process when the unit cell of the solid oxide fuel cell having a variety of shapes, such as a planar type, a horizontal pipe type, a tubular type, a segmented type, and the like, is manufactured. In manufacture of solid oxide fuel cells having a variety of shapes according to lamination and arrangement of unit cells, the components of each unit cell, such as the anode, the cathode, the electrolyte, the interconnect, and the like, may be deposited in a desired shape using the transfer process through deposition or coating, so that the components of the unit cell having a large scale or a complicated structure can be deposited without limit in size and shape, the thickness of the components of the unit cell can be easily controlled depending on the number of stacked transfer paper sheets, and a coating film can be formed on a substrate at a lower cost.
Abstract:
One embodiment of the invention includes a method including applying a first ink comprising carbon over a substrate and drying the first ink to form a first electrode layer, applying a second ink including a second catalyst over the first electrode layer and drying the second ink to form a second electrode layer, and applying a third ink comprising an ionomer solution over the second electrode layer and drying the third ink to form an ionomer overcoat.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a fuel cell which has a membrane-electrode unit comprising an ion-conducting membrane with catalyst layers which are disposed on oppositely situated surfaces of the membrane and serve as anode and cathode, and also possibly an anode-side and/or a cathode-side gas diffusion layer, the membrane-electrode unit having adjacent regions with different diffusion transport for educts and/or products. The invention likewise relates to a method for the production of fuel cells of this type.
Abstract:
A solid oxide fuel cell comprises a porous anode electrode, a dense non-porous electrolyte and a porous cathode electrode. The anode electrode comprises a first member and a plurality of parallel plate members extending from the first member. The cathode electrode comprises a second member and a plurality of parallel plate members extending from the second member. The plate members of the cathode electrode inter-digitate with the plate members of the anode electrode and the electrolyte fills the spaces between the first and second members and the parallel plate members of the anode electrode and the cathode electrode.