公开(公告)号：US20170350021A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-07

申请号：US15497184

申请日：2017-04-25

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： NORIHIKO KAWABATA ,  KAZUYA USIROKAWA ,  SHINJI YOSHINO ,  HIDENOBU WAKITA

IPC: C25B1/02 ,  H01M8/04082 ,  B01D63/00 ,  H01M8/0612 ,  C25B9/18 ,  B01D53/22

CPC classification number: C25B1/02 ,  B01D53/22 ,  B01D53/326 ,  B01D63/00 ,  B01D2257/108 ,  C25B9/18 ,  H01M8/04201 ,  H01M8/0618 ,  H01M8/0681

Abstract: Provided is an electromechanical hydrogen pump, including: (i) an electrolyte membrane; (ii) an anode electrode layer and an anode diffusion layer that are provided at one side of the electrolyte membrane; (iii) a cathode electrode layer and a cathode diffusion layer that are provided at the other side of the electrolyte membrane; (iv) an anode seal that has openings each surrounding the anode diffusion layer; (v) a cathode seal that has openings each surrounding the cathode diffusion layer; (vi) an anode separator that is placed on an outer side of the anode diffusion layer; and (vii) a cathode separator that is placed on an outer side of the cathode diffusion layer, wherein no spaces are provided between the anode diffusion layer and the anode seal or between the cathode diffusion layer and the cathode seal.