Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Membrane electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cell, method of producing the same and polymer electrolyte fuel cell
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Application No.: US14409943Application Date: 2013-06-03
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Publication No.: US10074866B2Publication Date: 2018-09-11
- Inventor: Shinya Kikuzumi , Masahiro Mori
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2012-148239 20120702
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/003474 WO 20130603
- International Announcement: WO2014/006817 WO 20140109
- Main IPC: H01M8/10
- IPC: H01M8/10 ; H01M8/24 ; H01M8/00 ; H01M8/1004 ; H01M8/1018 ; H01M8/1081 ; H01M8/0267 ; H01M8/2483 ; H01M8/1062 ; H01M8/1069 ; H01M8/242

Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a membrane-electrode-frame assembly which suppresses reductions in power generation properties due to gas cross leakage of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, which improves durability of a polymer electrolyte membrane and which exhibits superior productivity. In the membrane-electrode-frame assembly, an unwoven fabric which has two domains each having different pore sizes and which is formed with fibers of PVDF is disposed as a reinforcing membrane in a polymer electrolyte membrane for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, and a domain having a smaller pore size and protruding from the polymer electrolyte membrane and a frame are formed into an integrated structure by welding, thereby improving a gas sealing capability.
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