公开(公告)号：US11990625B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US17358393

申请日：2021-06-25

Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yuki Takabayashi ,  Kazuma Taniwaki ,  Ayako Mimatsu ,  Hiroyuki Michi

IPC: H01M4/86 ,  H01M8/1004

CPC classification number: H01M4/8626 ,  H01M8/1004

Abstract: An electrode catalyst layer includes a catalyst material, a conductive carrier, which supports the catalyst material, a polymer electrolyte, and a fibrous material. The electrode catalyst layer includes a three-dimensional network of a flow path. The flow path includes a plurality of terminal points and a plurality of branches. Each of the branches is an elongated hole connecting a pair of the terminal points. The plurality of branches include a bifurcated branch. One of the pair of the terminal points of the bifurcated branch is connected to another branch. The number of branches per unit volume of the electrode catalyst layer is 8500 or more and 13000 or less. The unit volume is defined as 3.9 μm×3.9 μm×4.4 μm.

公开(公告)号：US20210320302A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-14

申请号：US17358393

申请日：2021-06-25

Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yuki Takabayashi ,  Kazuma Taniwaki ,  Ayako Mimatsu ,  Hiroyuki Michi

IPC: H01M4/86 ,  H01M8/1004

Abstract: An electrode catalyst layer includes a catalyst material, a conductive carrier, which supports the catalyst material, a polymer electrolyte, and a fibrous material. The electrode catalyst layer includes a three-dimensional network of a flow path. The flow path includes a plurality of terminal points and a plurality of branches. Each of the branches is an elongated hole connecting a pair of the terminal points. The plurality of branches include a bifurcated branch. One of the pair of the terminal points of the bifurcated branch is connected to another branch. The number of branches per unit volume of the electrode catalyst layer is 8500 or more and 13000 or less. The unit volume is defined as 3.9 μm×3.9 μm×4.4 μm.

公开(公告)号：US11575135B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-07

申请号：US17029701

申请日：2020-09-23

Applicant: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kazuma Taniwaki ,  Takahiro Matsuura

IPC: H01M4/90 ,  H01M8/1004 ,  H01M8/1032 ,  H01M8/10

Abstract: An electrode catalyst layer includes a catalyst material, a conductive carrier that supports the catalyst material, a polymer electrolyte containing a sulfonate group, and a fibrous material. The electrode catalyst layer includes a first surface configured to be in contact with the polymer electrolyte membrane, and a second surface facing away from the first surface. A first value is obtained by dividing a peak intensity of SO3 (m/z80) by a peak intensity of carbon (m/z12), and also dividing by a total thickness of the electrode catalyst layer, when the electrode catalyst layer is analyzed using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) at each of a plurality of positions in a thickness direction of the electrode catalyst layer from the first surface to the second surface. A rate of change of the first value with respect to a thickness of the electrode catalyst layer is −0.0020 or less.