公开(公告)号：US20180108919A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-19

申请号：US15294851

申请日：2016-10-17

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Zijie Lu ,  Jun Yang ,  Mark S. Sulek ,  Chunchuan Xu ,  Kerrie K. Gath

IPC: H01M4/92 ,  H01M8/1004 ,  H01M4/86

CPC classification number: H01M4/926 ,  H01M4/8605 ,  H01M4/8673 ,  H01M4/9083 ,  H01M8/1004 ,  H01M2008/1095

Abstract: An electrode for a fuel cell includes a catalyst layer adjacent to a gas diffusion layer and a proton exchange membrane, and ionomer-free active metal-loaded carbon nanostructures and active metal-free ionomer-coated carbon nanostructures arranged to define pores therebetween to facilitate transport of reactant gases and product water in the fuel cell.

公开(公告)号：US20180019479A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-18

申请号：US15210217

申请日：2016-07-14

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Kerrie K. Gath ,  Zijie Lu ,  Chunchuan Xu ,  Jun Yang

IPC: H01M4/92 ,  H01M4/88 ,  H01M4/86

Abstract: A fuel cell oxidation reduction reaction catalyst includes a carbon powder substrate, an amorphous conductive metal oxide intermediate layer on the substrate, and a plurality of chained electrocatalyst particle strands bound to the layer to form an interconnected network film thereon having a thickness of up to 10 atom monolayers.