Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Catalyst layer and method for producing the same
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Application No.: US17656417Application Date: 2022-03-24
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Publication No.: US12095099B2Publication Date: 2024-09-17
- Inventor: Shinsuke Hirono
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Priority: JP 21050888 2021.03.25
- Main IPC: H01M4/90
- IPC: H01M4/90 ; H01M4/86 ; H01M4/88 ; H01M4/92

Abstract:
A catalyst layer for a fuel cell, wherein the catalyst layer comprises a catalyst-supporting carbon and an ionomer; wherein, in a particle size distribution obtained by the laser diffraction/scattering method, the catalyst-supporting carbon has at least two aggregate particle size peaks at less than 1 μm and at 1 μm or more; wherein, when a thickness of the catalyst layer is divided into three equal parts, the catalyst layer has a first region on a gas diffusion layer side, a second region in a middle part, and a third region on an electrolyte membrane side; and wherein a void ratio VG of the first region is 5% or more higher than a void ratio VM of the third region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220311016A1 CATALYST LAYER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2022-09-29
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