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Manufacturing method of metal catalyst-supporting carrier, metal catalyst-supporting carrier, manufacturing method of fuel cell and catalyst supporting device

US9692059B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 21, 2012
Grant dateJun 27, 2017
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2032

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

Abstract

There is provided a technique that suppresses a variation in particle diameter of a metal catalyst in the process of supporting the metal catalyst on a carrier. A CNT substrate having carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as the carrier arrayed thereon is placed in a processing chamber. Carbon dioxide is supplied to the processing chamber. After the carbon dioxide in the processing chamber is made supercritical, a complex solution in which a platinum complex is dissolved is supplied to the processing chamber. A sample temperature denoting temperature of the CNTs is controlled to be higher than an ambient temperature in the processing chamber. The CNT substrate is heated, such that a temperature difference between the ambient temperature and the sample temperature repeats increasing and decreasing. After the state of the supercritical fluid is changed to a non-supercritical state, the CNT substrate is heated, so as to cause the metal catalyst to deposit on the surface of the CNTs.

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