Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cell catalyst layer for improving power generation
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Application No.: US15592631Application Date: 2017-05-11
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Publication No.: US10673075B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Noriyuki Kitao
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi
- Agency: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@2058f367
- Main IPC: H01M4/86
- IPC: H01M4/86 ; B01J39/20 ; H01M8/1004 ; H01M8/1067 ; H01M8/1018

Abstract:
A fuel cell includes: an electrolyte membrane; an anode catalyst layer; a cathode catalyst layer; and a cathode gas diffusion layer. The cathode catalyst layer includes an ionomer, the ionomer includes copolymers each of which has a hydrophilic block. The hydrophilic block is positioned at a terminal of a copolymer which includes a hydrophobic portion and a hydrophilic portion having a sulfonic acid group. The hydrophilic block has an aggregated structure of the hydrophilic portion. A gas diffusion resistance coefficient of the cathode gas diffusion layer is 3.2×10−4 m or lower. The gas diffusion resistance coefficient is expressed by “Gas Diffusion Resistance Coefficient=Thickness of Cathode Gas Diffusion Layer/(Porosity of Cathode Gas Diffusion Layer)4”.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170331119A1 FUEL CELL Public/Granted day:2017-11-16
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