Invention Grant
- Patent Title: 3D-printed electrode, gas diffusion electrode (GDE) and gas diffusion layer (GDL) for fuel cell applications
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Application No.: US16428783Application Date: 2019-05-31
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Publication No.: US11456463B1Publication Date: 2022-09-27
- Inventor: Kwan-Soo Lee , Joseph Henry Dumont , Shaylynn LaSonja A. Crum
- Applicant: TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
- Applicant Address: US NM Los Alamos
- Assignee: TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
- Current Assignee: TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NM Los Alamos
- Agency: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
- Main IPC: H01M4/92
- IPC: H01M4/92 ; C09D11/102 ; H01M4/90 ; H01M4/88 ; H01M4/86 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y80/00 ; B33Y70/00 ; B29C64/165 ; B29C64/188 ; C09D11/037 ; B29L31/34 ; B29K75/00

Abstract:
An electrocatalytically active ink composition is used with an additive manufacturing process, such as 3D printing, to produce electrodes having consistent, adaptable, and high surface area structures. The electrocatalytically active ink composition includes a mixed powdered precursor and a polymer matrix. The mixed powdered precursor includes a carbon source, a dopant source, and/or a metal-containing catalyst. The material and electrochemical properties of the ink composition may facilitate 3D printing of electrochemically active electrodes for energy conversion and storage devices, and may allow fine-tuning of macro- and microstructures to develop electrodes having improved activity and efficiency.
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