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Wafer provided with transverse conductors and application to a fuel cell

US7993796B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

STMicroelectronics SA

Inventors

Mathieu Roy · Rodez, FR
Fabien Pierre · Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2005
Grant date	Aug 9, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 11, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/249975
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A thin wafer comprising through holes filled at least partially with conductive carbon nanotubes generally oriented transversally to the wafer. A fuel cell comprising, in a thin wafer, a through hole filled with an electrolyte surrounded with barriers of carbon nanotubes generally oriented transversally to the wafer.

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