Direct deposit of catalyst on the membrane of direct feed fuel cells

An improved direct liquid-feed fuel cell having a solid membrane electrolyte for electrochemical reactions of an organic fuel. Catalyst utilization and catalyst/membrane interface improvements are disclosed. Specifically, the catalyst layer is applied directly onto the membrane electrolyte.

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Main Authors NARAYANAN SEKHARIPURAM R, CHUN WILLIAM, LINKE JUERGEN, JEFFRIES-NAKAMURA BARBARA, VALDEZ THOMAS I
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 24.04.2001
Edition7
Subjects
APPARATUS THEREFOR
APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
ATOMISING APPARATUS
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CHEMISTRY
ELECTRICITY
ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES
ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTIONOF COMPOUNDS OR NON-METALS
METALLURGY
NOZZLES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
SPRAYING APPARATUS
SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:An improved direct liquid-feed fuel cell having a solid membrane electrolyte for electrochemical reactions of an organic fuel. Catalyst utilization and catalyst/membrane interface improvements are disclosed. Specifically, the catalyst layer is applied directly onto the membrane electrolyte.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19980021692