Carrier metal catalyst, manufacturing method thereof, and fuel cell

    公开(公告)号:US11502309B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-15

    申请号:US16774242

    申请日:2020-01-28

    Abstract: The carrier metal catalyst achieves suppression of internal resistance of a fuel cell. A carrier metal catalyst includes: a carrier powder; and metal fine particles supported on the carrier powder; wherein: the carrier powder is an aggregates of carrier fine particles; the carrier fine particles includes a chained portion structured by a plurality of crystallites being fusion bonded to form a chain; the carrier fine particles include titanium oxide; the carrier fine particles are doped with an element having a valence different from a valence of titanium; the titanium oxide of the carrier powder has an anatase phase/rutile phase ratio of 0.2 or lower; the metal fine particles have a mean particle size of 3 to 10 nm; the metal fine particles include platinum; and a cell resistance measured under standard conditions of a fuel cell prepared using the carrier metal catalyst is 0.090 Ω·cm2 or lower.

    SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYSIS CELL, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220170169A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17440979

    申请日:2020-03-19

    Abstract: A method for operating a solid oxide electrolysis cell which can suppress degradation of the hydrogen electrode, is provided. A method for operating a solid oxide electrolysis cell includes a hydrogen electrode, an oxygen electrode, and an electrolyte layer sandwiched between the hydrogen electrode and the oxygen electrode. The hydrogen electrode includes a catalyst layer structured with Ni-containing particles dispersed and supported on a porous mixed ionic and electronic conducting oxide. The method includes an alternating operation in which a water vapor electrolysis operation and a fuel cell operation are repeated alternately.

    FUEL CELL GAS SUPPLY AND DIFFUSION LAYER, FUEL CELL SEPARATOR AND FUEL CELL STACK

    公开(公告)号:US20210242472A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-05

    申请号:US17049871

    申请日:2018-04-28

    Abstract: A fuel cell gas supply and diffusion layer includes a sheet-like porous body layer, and a plurality of gas passage grooves formed on one surface of the porous body layer in parallel and formed in a zigzag shape or a wave shape respectively. As viewed in a plan view, a first rectangular region where circumscribes one gas passage groove and a second rectangular region where circumscribes a gas passage groove adjacent to the one gas passage groove overlap along a region in contact each other. An overlapping region where the first rectangular region and the second rectangular region overlap exists at any depth position of the grooves. According to the fuel cell gas supply and diffusion layer, it is possible to increase a power generation efficiency of a fuel cell.

    LABELED SILICA-COATED GOLD NANORODS AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210215704A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:US17144877

    申请日:2021-01-08

    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide fluorescently labeled silica-coated gold nanorods that are safe for administration to living bodies, stable to temperature rise and external environment, and easy to manufacture. The present invention is a labeled silica-coated gold nanorod, including a gold nanorod, a silica layer covering the gold nanorod, spacers bonded to the silica layer, and labeled materials, in which the labeled material is chemically bonded to the spacer. The present invention also provides a method for producing a labeled silica-coated gold nanorod, including an introduction step and a binding step, in which in the introduction step, spacers are introduced on a silica layer of a silica-coated gold nanorod and in the binding step, a labeled material is chemically bound to the spacer.

    Control method for automatic pouring apparatus, automatic pouring apparatus, control program, and computer-readable recording medium storing control program

    公开(公告)号:US10737319B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-11

    申请号:US15693978

    申请日:2017-09-01

    Abstract: A leakage of a molten metal is suppressed at the time of pouring.A control method for an automatic pouring apparatus according to one embodiment includes: calculating a dropping position of a molten metal on a horizontal surface passing through a height position of a sprue, a flow velocity of the molten metal in the dropping position, and a radius of a sectional surface of the molten metal on the horizontal surface, on the basis of a dropping trajectory of the molten metal flowing out from a discharge port, generating an objective function which is relevant to a total weight of the molten metal flowing into a mold from a ladle and depends on a distance between the discharge port and the center of the sprue in a predetermined direction, on the basis of the dropping position, the flow velocity of the molten metal in the dropping position, the radius of the sectional surface of the molten metal on the horizontal surface, a radius of the sprue, a flow rate of the molten metal flowing out from the discharge port, and a density of the molten metal, and calculating the distance between the discharge port and the center of the sprue in the predetermined direction, in which the total weight of the molten metal flowing into the mold from the ladle is maximized, on the basis of the objective function.

    CARRIER METAL CATALYST, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND FUEL CELL

    公开(公告)号:US20200243872A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-30

    申请号:US16774242

    申请日:2020-01-28

    Abstract: The carrier metal catalyst achieves suppression of internal resistance of a fuel cell. A carrier metal catalyst includes: a carrier powder; and metal fine particles supported on the carrier powder; wherein: the carrier powder is an aggregates of carrier fine particles; the carrier fine particles includes a chained portion structured by a plurality of crystallites being fusion bonded to form a chain; the carrier fine particles include titanium oxide; the carrier fine particles are doped with an element having a valence different from a valence of titanium; the titanium oxide of the carrier powder has an anatase phase/rutile phase ratio of 0.2 or lower; the metal fine particles have a mean particle size of 3 to 10 nm; the metal fine particles include platinum; and a cell resistance measured under standard conditions of a fuel cell prepared using the carrier metal catalyst is 0.090 Ω·cm2 or lower.

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