Patent · US Expired

Fuel cell apparatus and method thereof

US6815105B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

John F. Cooper · Oakland, US
Roger Krueger · Ripon, US
Nerine Cherepy · Piedmont, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 27, 2001
Grant date	Nov 9, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 3, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/50
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Highly efficient carbon fuels, exemplary embodiments of a high temperature, molten electrolyte electrochemical cell are capable of directly converting ash-free carbon fuel to electrical energy. Ash-free, turbostratic carbon particles perform at high efficiencies in certain direct carbon conversion cells.

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