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본 발명은 코어-쉘 구조의 연료전지용 전극촉매의 제조에 있어서, 화학적 처리 또는 열처리 등의 후처리 공정 없이 각각 코어 및 쉘 층을 형성할 수 있으며, 나노 사이즈의 코어 입자가 균일하게 담지된 코어 담지체를 형성한 후 상기 담지체에 코어 입자 표면에만 선택적으로 쉘 층이 형성되도록 하는 제조방법; 촉매 담지량, 촉매 활성 및 전기화학적 특성이 우수한 코어-쉘 구조의 연료전지용 전극촉매 및 이를 포함하는 연료전지를 제공한다.
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PURPOSE: A device and a method for measuring the critical deposition of the carbon of a catalyst are provided to quantitatively measure the extent of the penetration of the carbon possible to adversely affect the performance and the durability of the catalyst utilized in a fuel cell on a real time basis. CONSTITUTION: A device for measuring the critical deposition of the carbon of a catalyst (1) includes an electric resistance measuring device and a weight measuring device (5). The electric resistance measuring device measures a change in electric resistance due to the carbon deposition in which carbon is deposited. The weight measuring device measures an increase in the weight of the catalyst, thereby measuring the deposition of the critical carbon of the catalyst.
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PURPOSE: A polyelectrolyte material is provided to have a high proton conductivity and an excellent mechanical strength even though the material is manufactured by being doped with phosphoric acid in-situ. CONSTITUTION: Polyelectrolyte includes poly(benzimidazole-co-benzoxazole). The content of polybenzoxazle in poly(benzimidazole-co-benzoxazole) is 5-30 mole%. Poly(benzimidazole-co-benzoxazole) is poly(benzimidazole-co-benzoxazole) represented by Chemical formula 1 or 2. In Chemical formulas 1 and 2, A is 80-90, and B is 20-10. A manufacturing method of the polyelectrolyte comprises a step of providing poly(benzimidazole-co-benzoxazole) by introducing a benzoxazole unit to polybenzimidazole.
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PURPOSE: A manufacturing method of an electrocatalyst is provided to have a narrow particle size distribution, a small alloy particle size, a high carrier dispersion amount and uniformity, and low agglomeration due to temperature. CONSTITUTION: A manufacturing method of an electrocatalyst comprises a step of obtaining a carbon solution; a step of obtaining a precursor solution; a step of obtaining a mixed solution by mixing the carbon solution and the precursor solution; a step of preparing a stabilizer solution; a step of obtaining a stabilizer mixed solution by adding the stabilizer solution into the mixed solution; a step of manufacturing a reductant solution; a step of conduct the reaction between the stabilizer mixed solution and the reductant solution; a step of manufacturing a catalyst by removing suspended materials and washing and drying residues; and a step of treating the catalyst with heat.
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PURPOSE: Ceria composition is provided to enable low temperature sintering of ceria electrolyte for high temperature sensor or solid oxide fuel cell by adding lithium salt with a low melting point and/or volatility into a material in a ceria system or additionally adding bismuth oxide. CONSTITUTION: A ceria composition is composed of ceria or metal doped ceria, and lithium salt. The lithium salt occupies more than 0 weight% but less than 50 weight% among the ceria composition. The lithium salt is lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, or lithium nitride. The ceria composition additionally contains bismuth oxide. A sintering body is a sintering body of the ceria composition which comprises ceria or metal doped ceria, lithium carbonate, and bismuth oxide. The ceria composition contains lithium carbonate with more than 0 weight% but more or less than 5 weight% and bismuth oxide with more than 0 weight% but less than 10 weight% in the sintering body. A ceria complex electrolyte powder is a calcined body of the ceria composition. The ceria composition is composed of ceria or metal doped ceria, and lithium salt and the lithium salt occupies more than 0 weight% but less than 50 weight% in the calcined body.
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PURPOSE: A measuring method of the acid resistance of a separator for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell is provided to quantitatively and qualitatively measure acid resistance without direct application to a unit cell. CONSTITUTION: A measuring method of acid resistance of a separator for a polymer electrolyte fuel comprises: a step of dipping a material for the fuel cell separator in an acid solution, and filtering the same; a step of using the acid solution as a base solution to measure the absorbance of a filtering solution; and a step of quantitively analyzing the acid resistance thereof by calculating the erupted amount of a resin from the material for the fuel cell separator. The measurement step of the absorbance measures UV-Vis spectrums. The acids solution is a phosphate solution.
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PURPOSE: An in-situ method of evaluating the degradation of a membrane-electrolyte assembly is provided to detect the cell deterioration state of a fuel cell in real time and to remarkably reduce the sensing and analyzing time. CONSTITUTION: An in-situ method of evaluating the degradation of a membrane-electrolyte assembly comprises a current supply apparatus constantly supplying current by being connected to two coupling plates of a fuel cell stack; a voltage measuring apparatus measuring a voltage between two separators selected from (n+1) separators in the fuel cell stack; and a physical property determining apparatus determining a constant current, the capacity of an electric double layer, roughness factor, and electrochemical active surface area from the current value of the current supply apparatus and the voltage between the separators. [Reference numerals] (AA) Stack real-time measuring device; (BB) Current generator; (CC) Membrane electrode assembly; (DD) Separator
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PURPOSE: A manufacturing method of a core-shell structure electrocatalyst is provided to selectively form a shell layer on a shell layer without chemical and thermal treatments. CONSTITUTION: A manufacturing method of a core-shell structure electrocatalyst comprises a step of reacting a support and one or more precursors of a core-forming metal in an ether solvent. A manufacturing method of a core-shell structure electrode catalyst comprises a step of reacting the support and precursors in the ether solvent to obtain a core-shell-supported support; a step of reducing the precursors using an ester-based reducing agent in a solution in which the core-nanoparticles are supported or dispersed.
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PURPOSE: An air electrode for molten carbonate fuel cell is provided to improve performance of a fuel cell while stably operating cells for long term by reducing polarization resistance of an air electrode through a quick oxygen-reduction reaction rate. CONSTITUTION: An air electrode for molten carbonate fuel cell comprises a porous nickel base electrode, and a metal particle coating the electrode. At least a part of the metal particle is attached to the surface of the nickel particle. The metal particle is one or more selected from a group consisting of silver, gold, copper, platinum, and cobalt. A manufacturing method of the air electrode comprises: a step of preparing coating liquid by dispersing the metal particle into a solvent; and a step of spreading the metal particle-coated liquid on the surface of the porous nickel base electrode.