PEM fuel cell with alternating ribbed anodes and cathodes
    61.
    发明授权
    PEM fuel cell with alternating ribbed anodes and cathodes 有权
    PEM燃料电池与交替肋状阳极和阴极

    公开(公告)号:US06740444B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-05-25

    申请号:US10002730

    申请日:2001-10-29

    申请人: Marzio Leban

    发明人: Marzio Leban

    IPC分类号: H01M486

    摘要: The invention disclosed herein is directed toward a novel structural design for a PEM fuel cell, as well as a novel method of creating an anode and a cathode via a sputtering technique. This invention can be used with hydrogen or direct methanol fuel cells. The geometry, discussed more fully above, allows a design engineer to construct a compact fuel cell useful in portable devices requiring battery power. In addition to facilitating connecting multiple fuel cells together in a layer, the design of this invention allows for the creation of fuel cell stacks. The sputtering disclosed herein is comprised of sputtering thin film catalysts onto ribbed surfaces, thereby creating anodes and cathodes. In order for a high effective surface area for the fuel and oxidant and their respective reactions to be created, a porous catalyst could be used. In addition, the thickness of the catalysts can be chosen in such a way as to support electron conduction and, therefore, to allow the catalyst and the surface upon which it was sputtered to act as an anode and a cathode.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开的本发明涉及用于PEM燃料电池的新型结构设计,以及通过溅射技术产生阳极和阴极的新方法。 本发明可用于氢气或直接甲醇燃料电池。 上述更全面地讨论的几何形状允许设计工程师构建一种在需要电池电力的便携式设备中有用的紧凑型燃料电池。 除了便于将多个燃料电池连接在一起的层中,本发明的设计允许产生燃料电池堆。 本文公开的溅射包括在肋表面上溅射薄膜催化剂,从而产生阳极和阴极。 为了产生燃料和氧化剂的高有效表面积及其各自的反应,可以使用多孔催化剂。 此外,催化剂的厚度可以以支持电子传导的方式进行选择,因此允许催化剂和溅射的表面作为阳极和阴极。

    Apparatus and method for automatically stacking fuel cell material layers
    62.
    发明申请
    Apparatus and method for automatically stacking fuel cell material layers 有权
    用于自动堆叠燃料电池材料层的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20030188413A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-10-09

    申请号:US10115516

    申请日:2002-04-03

    IPC分类号: B23P011/00 B23P019/00

    摘要: Stacking porous and non-porous material layers involves applying vacuum to a first porous layer to stabilize same relative to a support structure. The support structure and/or a non-porous layer are moved to establish contact between the non-porous layer and the first porous layer. The first porous and non-porous layers define a sub-assembly. While applying vacuum to the sub-assembly, one or both of the support structure and a second layer are moved to establish contact between the second layer and the non-porous layer. Vacuum applied to the sub-assembly maintains positional stability of the sub-assembly layers relative to the support structure while the second layer is moved into contact with the non-porous layer. Vacuum is subsequently removed to facilitate transporting of the material layer stack. Material layers of a fuel cell, including first and second fluid transport layers and a membrane, are well suited for automated stacking.

    摘要翻译: 堆叠多孔和无孔材料层包括对第一多孔层施加真空以使其相对于支撑结构稳定。 移动支撑结构和/或无孔层以建立无孔层和第一多孔层之间的接触。 第一多孔和无孔层限定一个子组件。 当向子组件施加真空时,移动支撑结构和第二层中的一个或两个以建立第二层和无孔层之间的接触。 施加到子组件上的真空保持子组件层相对于支撑结构的位置稳定性,同时使第二层移动与无孔层接触。 随后去除真空以便于材料层堆叠的输送。 包括第一和第二流体输送层和膜的燃料电池的材料层非常适合于自动堆叠。

    Reduced size fuel cell for portable applications
    63.
    发明申请
    Reduced size fuel cell for portable applications 失效
    用于便携式应用的减小尺寸的燃料电池

    公开(公告)号:US20010051293A1

    公开(公告)日:2001-12-13

    申请号:US09681833

    申请日:2001-06-13

    IPC分类号: H01M008/02 H01M008/24

    摘要: A flat pack type fuel cell includes a plurality of membrane electrode assemblies. Each membrane electrode assembly is formed of an anode, an electrolyte, and an cathode with appropriate catalysts thereon. The anode is directly into contact with fuel via a wicking element. The fuel reservoir may extend along the same axis as the membrane electrode assemblies, so that fuel can be applied to each of the anodes. Each of the fuel cell elements is interconnected together to provide the voltage outputs in series.

    摘要翻译: 平板式燃料电池包括多个膜电极组件。 每个膜电极组件由其上具有合适催化剂的阳极,电解质和阴极形成。 阳极通过芯吸元件直接与燃料接触。 燃料储存器可以沿着与膜电极组件相同的轴线延伸,使得燃料可以施加到每个阳极。 每个燃料电池元件互连在一起以提供串联的电压输出。

    POWER GENERATOR HAVING REFERENCE PRESSURE CHAMBER

    公开(公告)号:US20170294668A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-12

    申请号:US15093766

    申请日:2016-04-08

    IPC分类号: H01M8/065

    摘要: A device includes a case having a surface with a perforation and a first cavity containing a gas generating fuel. A first membrane is supported by the case inside the first cavity. The first membrane has an impermeable valve plate positioned proximate the perforation. The first membrane is water vapor permeable and gas impermeable and flexes responsive to a difference in pressure between the cavity and outside the cavity to selectively allow water vapor to pass through the perforation to the fuel as a function of the difference in pressure. A second membrane that is water vapor permeable gas impermeable is coupled between an outside of the case exposed to ambient atmospheric gas and the valve plate creating a reference pressure second cavity configured to reduce the effects of ambient pressure transients on the difference in pressure. A fuel cell membrane may be included in the device to produce electricity.

    Fuel cell and method of manufacture thereof
    69.
    发明授权
    Fuel cell and method of manufacture thereof 有权
    燃料电池及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US09455452B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-27

    申请号:US12993288

    申请日:2009-05-20

    IPC分类号: H01M8/02 H01M8/10

    摘要: Provided are a fuel cell making it possible to make contact pressures high between its electrode layers and its metallic layers and others, thereby improving the power of the cell, and a method for manufacturing the cell. A fuel cell of the invention comprises a solid polymer electrolyte layer (1), first and second electrode layers (2, 3) located on each of both sides of the solid polymer electrolyte layer (1), and first and second electroconductive layers (4, 5) arranged outside the first and second electrode layers (2, 3), respectively, the individual layers (1 to 5) being integrated with each other through a resin molded body (6) which is an insert-molded body.

    摘要翻译: 提供一种燃料电池,其可以使其电极层及其金属层等之间的接触压力高,从而提高电池的功率,以及制造电池的方法。 本发明的燃料电池包括固体聚合物电解质层(1),位于固体聚合物电解质层(1)的两侧上的第一和第二电极层(2,3),以及第一和第二导电层(4) ,5)分别设置在第一和第二电极层(2,3)的外侧,各个层(1〜5)通过作为嵌入成型体的树脂成型体(6)彼此一体化。