Self-regulating vents for vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US11143150B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US16450075

    申请日:2019-06-24

    Abstract: A vehicle is disclosed that includes a hood defining at least one opening, and a vent that is positioned within the at least one opening. The vent is reconfigurable between a closed configuration, in which the vent substantially (if not entirely) prevents air flow through the at least one opening in the hood, and at least one open configuration, in which the vent allows air flow through the at least one opening in the hood. The vent includes an integrated shape memory material such that, upon actuation, the shape memory material deforms to thereby reconfigure the vent.

    Fuel cell electrode having increased oxygen concentration and methods of preparing electrode

    公开(公告)号:US10381652B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-13

    申请号:US15452177

    申请日:2017-03-07

    Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly includes a membrane, a gas diffusion layer and a catalyst layer between the membrane and the gas diffusion layer. The catalyst layer comprises catalyst comprising active catalyst particles supported on support particles, a proton conducting ionomer and a phospholipid containing soluble oxygen. One method of preparation includes preparing a catalyst solution comprising a solvent and catalyst, adding proton conducting ionomer to the catalyst solution to form a catalyst ink, saturating a solution of solvent and a phospholipid with oxygen and mixing the saturated phospholipid with the catalyst ink.

    Method of preparing shape-controlled platinum based alloys

    公开(公告)号:US10086434B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-02

    申请号:US15084731

    申请日:2016-03-30

    Abstract: A method of preparing shape-controlled alloy particles includes dissolving a solvent in a surfactant selected to inhibit particle growth; adding a noble metal precursor and a transition metal precursor to form a mixture; irradiating the mixture with a microwave under reflux for about thirty minutes or less at an irradiation temperature of between 185° C. and 195° C.; cooling the mixture; and drying the mixture at a temperature of between 55° C. and 65° C. to obtain shape-controlled alloy particles having a uniform shape, the shape dependent upon the surfactant used.

    Cathode Having Active Catalyst Particles Supported on Nanotubes and Methods of Making the Same

    公开(公告)号:US20180219230A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-02

    申请号:US15420935

    申请日:2017-01-31

    Abstract: Methods of preparing a cathode for a fuel cell include growing nanotubes on a substrate, the nanotubes of a material that is electron conductive; aligning the nanotubes such that the nanotubes extend from the substrate with a free distal end opposite the substrate; and depositing an active catalyst particle on the free distal end of each of the nanotubes. A membrane electrode assembly includes a cathode comprising a layer of electron conducting nanotubes extending from the electrode membrane and aligned such that a free distal end of each electron conducting nanotube is closer to the gas diffusion layer than the electrode membrane; an active catalyst particle attached to the free distal end of each electron conducting nanotube, wherein a diameter of the active catalyst particle is greater than a diameter of a respective electron conducting nanotube; and ionomer between each active catalyst particle and the gas diffusion layer.

    Fuel cell electrode catalyst having graduated layers
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    Fuel cell electrode catalyst having graduated layers 有权
    具有分级层的燃料电池电极催化剂

    公开(公告)号:US09484583B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-01

    申请号:US14052819

    申请日:2013-10-14

    Abstract: Embodiments of electrode assemblies and fuel cells having increased catalyst durability are provided. One embodiment of an electrode assembly for a fuel cell comprises a first catalyst layer adjacent an electrolyte membrane comprising first active catalyst particles supported on first support particles having a first support size and a second catalyst layer adjacent the first catalyst layer opposite the electrolyte membrane comprising second active catalyst particles supported on second support particles having a second support size. The first support particles are a non-carbon support.

    Abstract translation: 提供了具有增加的催化剂耐久性的电极组件和燃料电池的实施例。 用于燃料电池的电极组件的一个实施例包括邻近电解质膜的第一催化剂层,所述第一催化剂层包括负载在具有第一支撑尺寸的第一支撑颗粒上的第一活性催化剂颗粒和与电解质膜相对的第一催化剂层相邻的第二催化剂层, 负载在具有第二支撑尺寸的第二支撑颗粒上的活性催化剂颗粒。 第一载体颗粒是非碳载体。

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