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High-performance membrane electrode unit and the use thereof in fuel cells

US11569512B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF FUEL CELL GMBH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Schmidt · Leonding, AT
Oemer Uensal · Mainz, DE
Mathias Weber · Adelsheim, DE
Isabel Kundler · Königstein, DE
Gordon Calundann · North Plainfield, US
Jochen Baurmeister · Eppstein, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 20, 2005
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P70/50
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a membrane electrode unit comprising a polymer membrane doped with a mineral acid as well as two electrodes, characterized in that the polymer membrane comprises at least one polymer with at least one nitrogen atom and at least one electrode comprises a catalyst which is formed from at least one precious metal and at least one metal less precious according to the electrochemical series.

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