Resumen de: WO2026216606A1
Provided are a microbial fuel cell that generates power by an electron donating microorganism using, as a fuel, a substrate containing an organic substance containing lactose, and a power generation method that uses said microbial fuel cell. The organic substance containing lactose preferably contains a milk material. The milk material is preferably a processed product of raw milk.
Resumen de: WO2026213679A1
A wiper system for an electrode in an electrochemical cell includes a limit switch system utilizing a Hall effect limit switch and a magnet. The magnet is mounted inside the cell on a wiper carriage and follows a travel path as the wiper carriage translates through space to wipe an electrode. The at least one Hall effect limit switch is mounted at a location on the electrochemical cell which is not exposed to an internal environment of the electrochemical cell. The at least one Hall effect limit switch has a sensor module with two Hall effect sensing elements longitudinally spaced-apart with respect to the travel path of the magnet. The at least one Hall effect limit switch is in electronic communication with a carriage drive and is configured to switch off the carriage drive when the sensor module detects the magnet at an end position on the travel path.
Resumen de: WO2026216300A1
Provided is a method for producing a porous membrane that achieves both a high porosity and a high membrane strength. This method for producing the porous membrane containing a polymer resin and a conductive material includes a step for generating a porous powder containing the polymer resin and the conductive material, a step for forming the porous membrane that is continuous like a sheet, by inputting and rolling the generated porous powder between a pair of rolls, and a step for heating the formed porous membrane.
Resumen de: WO2026216295A1
The present invention provides a gas diffusion layer which has improved mechanical strength and can be manufactured without using a dispersion solvent. The gas diffusion layer is composed of a sheet containing conductive particles, conductive fibers, and a polymer resin, wherein the polymer resin is present in the form of strips, fibers, or particles.
Resumen de: US20260321697A1
0000 To provide a polyelectrolyte membrane that can increase abnormality detection accuracy. A polyelectrolyte membrane 50 is intended for a fuel cell and includes a reinforcing member 22 containing a material having PTC characteristics and ionomer layers 24, 26 respectively applied to both surfaces of the reinforcing member 22.
Resumen de: US20260317918A1
0000 A membrane electrode assembly includes: an anode; a cathode; and an electrolyte membrane provided between the anode and cathode. The anode includes: a porous and conductive anode conductive transport layer; and an anode catalyst layer provided between the anode conductive transport layer and the electrolyte membrane. The anode catalyst layer includes first sheet layers and first gap layers, each first sheet layer and each first gap layer being alternately stacked. The cathode includes a porous and conductive cathode conductive transport layer, and a cathode catalyst layer provided between the cathode conductive transport layer and the electrolyte membrane. The cathode catalyst layer includes second sheet layers and second gap layers, each second sheet layer and each second gap layer being alternately stacked. A porosity of the cathode conductive transport layer is higher than a porosity of the anode conductive transport layer.
Resumen de: US20260316600A1
0000 Embodiments relate to a configuration and a control method of a power conversion apparatus for a hydrogen fuel cell of a hydrogen locomotive. The power conversion apparatus for a hydrogen fuel cell of a hydrogen locomotive according to one embodiment includes a TAB (Triple-Active-Bridge) converter, and is characterized in that a hydrogen fuel cell and a battery are electrically isolated.
Resumen de: WO2026214939A1
The invention relates to an electrochemical cell (1) comprising a membrane electrode unit (2) which is arranged between a first gas diffusion layer (3) and a second gas diffusion layer (4), wherein the membrane electrode unit (2) is sealed by a one-piece sealing element (7) in an edge region (5) in which only one of the two or no gas diffusion layer but a cell frame (6) is arranged on the membrane electrode unit (2), which one-piece sealing element comprises a seal (8) and a lower seal (9), wherein the lower seal (9) lies flat against the membrane electrode unit (2) on one side and against the cell frame (6) on the other side, and the seal (8) is arranged in a sealing groove (10) in the cell frame (6) on the side of the sealing element (7) facing away from the membrane electrode unit (2). The invention also relates to a method for producing an electrochemical cell (1), in particular an electrolytic cell, comprising the steps of: providing a bipolar plate (12), arranging a first gas diffusion layer (3) and a cell frame (6) on the bipolar plate (12), wherein a sealing groove (10) in the cell frame (6) lies on the side facing away from the bipolar plate (12), applying a one-piece sealing element (7) which has a seal (8) and a lower seal (9), to the cell frame (6), wherein the seal (8) is arranged in the sealing groove (10) and the lower seal (9) lies flat against the cell frame (6), arranging a membrane electrode unit (2) on the sealing element (7) and the first gas diffusion la
Resumen de: US20260312086A1
0000 A fluid connector structure includes: a first connection portion configured to be connectable to either an outer side or an inner side of a second connection portion; and a sealing member configured to seal between the first connection portion and the second connection portion in a connected state. The first connection portion includes a groove extending around a central axis of the first connection portion on a connection surface. The sealing member is disposed in the groove so as to be in contact with a bottom surface of the groove. The bottom surface and a contact surface of the sealing member in contact with the bottom surface each have a shape along the central axis. The sealing member includes a protruding portion. The thickness in a direction along the central axis at a tip of the protruding portion is smaller than the thickness at the contact surface.
Resumen de: US20260307054A1
An intermetallic catalyst complex for fuel-cell electrode is provided. A core made of platinum and transition metals M1 and M2 is first formed with a highly ordered L10/L12 lattice; an acid step then strips surface M2 to leave a thin platinum shell, increasing oxygen-reduction activity and durability. The process begins by doping a carbon or metal-oxide support with low-melting point metal M1, followed by co-reduction of Pt and M2 and a final acid treatment. The resulting nanoparticles, 1.5-4.5 nm in diameter with 0.2-1.5 nm shells, suppress metal dissolution and maintain performance under acidic fuel-cell conditions.
Resumen de: WO2026215235A1
The present invention relates to a method (100) of minimizing degradation of cells (300) in an electrochemical energy converter (200), wherein the cells (300) each have a membrane (307) and a nickel-containing storage layer (303), wherein the method (100) comprises: - operating (101) the energy converter (200) in an electrolysis operation, in which water is split into hydrogen and oxygen in the cells (300) by supplying electrical current, - ending (103) the electrolysis operation and - converting (105) oxygen stored in the storage layer (303) of the respective cells (300) by the electrolysis operation with hydrogen provided in the electrolysis operation to water and electrical current.
Resumen de: US20260321679A1
0000 The invention relates to a carbon fabric with a microporous layer for use in fuel cells. The fabric of the invention is coated with a microporous layer and has a high gas diffusion capacity and water conductivity and is used as a gas diffusion layer.
Resumen de: WO2026216668A1
A portable hydrogen fuel cell having a heat dissipation structure, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a housing having an inner space; a fuel cell stack that is disposed in the inner space and generates electricity through a reaction of oxygen and hydrogen; a voltage converting unit that converts a voltage of the electricity generated by the fuel cell stack; a battery that stores the electricity, the voltage of which has been converted by the voltage-converting unit; a heat dissipating body that diffuses heat generated in the inner space; a plurality of heat dissipating plates that are installed in the heat dissipating body in a shape having a curvature and dissipates the heat; and a plurality of heat dissipating ribs that connect the plurality of heat dissipating plates to each other.
Resumen de: AU2025438737A1
The present application provides an ionomer and a preparation method therefor, a membrane electrode, and a fuel cell. The structure of the ionomer comprises anions, and the polarizability of the anions is greater than or equal to 3.5x10-24 cm3. In embodiments of the present application, the polarizability of the anions represents the level of difficulty of an electron cloud of the anions in producing an induced dipole under the action of an external electric field. The higher the polarizability, the more easily the electron cloud of the anions generates stronger induced dipole interaction with polar alcohol molecules, thereby enhancing the solvation effect. In the embodiments of the present application, the polarizability of the anions is greater than or equal to 3.5×10-24 cm3. The anions have relatively high polarizability, and can form relatively strong induced dipole interaction with alcohol solvent molecules. Such interaction helps break the cohesion between ionomer molecules, making it easier for the ionomer molecules to disperse into a solvent, thereby improving the solubility of the ionomer in an alcohol solvent.
Resumen de: US20260321576A1
The present document relates to a quality inspection method for a cell of an aqueous battery, a device therefor, and a method of and a system for manufacturing a cell block on the basis of same. To this end, the method of manufacturing a cell block of an aqueous battery includes: stacking a plurality of cells each including a plurality of layers; injecting a liquid electrode into each of the cells stacked; performing primary quality control by applying power in a state where the cells are electrically connected; selecting cells having a quality equal to or greater than a predetermined reference according to a result of the primary quality control; and re-stacking the selected cells to manufacture the cell block.
Resumen de: US20260316335A1
0000 To provide a pellet production method, to produce pellets from which an ion exchange membrane having unevenness of the membrane thickness in the in-plane direction suppressed can be produced by melt-extrusion. A pellet production method, which comprises extruding a melt that contains a fluorinated polymer having groups convertible to ion exchange groups from a die of a melt-extruder to obtain a strand that contains the fluorinated polymer, and cutting the strand to obtain pellets that contain the fluorinated polymer, the method including an air-cooling treatment of cooling the strand extruded from the die by blowing air.
Resumen de: US20260321685A1
The present invention relates to a fuel cell separator. More particularly, the fuel cell separator of the present invention may include a body including a gas inlet formed along a first side and a gas outlet formed along a second side facing the first side and located in the diagonal direction of the gas inlet; a first block installed in the body in a diagonal direction and configured to fluidly connect the gas inlet and the gas outlet; a second block installed adjacent to the first corner area of the first side and located on the opposite side of the gas inlet so as to be fluidly connected to the first block; and a third block installed adjacent to the second corner area of the second side and located on the opposite side of the gas outlet so as to be fluidly connected to the first block.
Resumen de: US20260321687A1
An integrated hydrogen-electric power system for a propeller-driven aircraft includes a hydrogen fuel source; an FC stack; an air compressor configured to introduce compressed air into a cathode side of the FC stack; a heat exchanger configured to warm ram air for cooling the FC stack; and an elongated shaft configured to support the air compressor system and a turbine. The heat exchanger is configured to condense liquid water from a cathode exhaust stream from the FC stack. A liquid water sprayer is provided configured to spray condensed liquid water recovered from the cathode exhaust stream onto the FC stack to cool the FC stack by evaporative cooling. In another embodiment, a heat exchanger is provided to extract waste heat from the electric propulsion system and/or the gear box, to warm ram air for cooling the FC stack.
Resumen de: AU2025244392A1
An electrochemical apparatus comprising: an anode; a bipolar membrane; an anion exchange membrane; a cation exchange membrane; and a cathode; wherein: the anode at least partially defines a first fluid flow path; the anode and/or the first fluid flow path is in contact with the anion exchange membrane of the bipolar membrane; a second fluid flow path is defined between the cation exchange membrane of the bipolar membrane and the anion exchange membrane; a third fluid flow path is defined between the anion exchange membrane and the cation exchange membrane; the cathode at least partially defines a fourth fluid flow path; and the cation exchange membrane is in contact with the cathode and/or the fourth fluid flow path.
Resumen de: WO2025032995A1
The present disclosure provides a novel power generation element that is advantageous in terms of being maintenance-free. A power generation element (1a) according to the present disclosure is provided with a first electrode (11), a second electrode (12), and an organic solid electrolyte (15). The first electrode (11) decomposes water. The organic solid electrolyte (15) is disposed between the first electrode (11) and the second electrode (12). The organic solid electrolyte (15) causes the ions generated by the decomposition of water at the first electrode (11) to be conducted toward the second electrode (12).
Resumen de: US20260321695A1
0000 A method of manufacturing a polymer electrolyte membrane comprising solubilizing an ionomer in a first solvent to produce a solubilized ionomer; thermally-treating the solubilized ionomer to produce a thermally-treated solubilized ionomer; solubilizing a structuring agent in a second solvent to form a solubilized structuring agent; and contacting the thermally-treated solubilized ionomer with the solubilized structuring agent to form a composite solution; and casting the composite solution onto a substrate to form a cast membrane. An electrochemical device comprising a polymer membrane wherein the polymer membrane comprises a sulfonic acid containing-polymer and a structuring agent characterized by an extent of entanglement of from about 5% to about 25%.
Resumen de: US20260317927A1
0000 The invention relates to a method for producing a catalyst-coated membrane for an electrochemical cell. In the method, a powdery sulfonated fluorine-free polymer is first provided in a first step. In a second step of the method, the sulfonated fluorine-free polymer is dispersed in a water-free solvent to form plastisol. Then, in a third step, a catalyst material is mixed with the plastisol to form a catalyst paste. In a fourth step, the catalyst paste is then applied to a membrane substrate.
Resumen de: US20260321694A1
0000 A purpose of the present invention is to provide: an electrolyte membrane for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, said electrolyte membrane having excellent proton conductivity; a membrane electrode assembly that includes the electrolyte membrane for the polymer electrolyte fuel cell; a polymer electrolyte fuel cell that includes the membrane electrode assembly; methods for producing the electrolyte membrane for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, the membrane electrode assembly, and the polymer electrolyte fuel cell; and an electrolyte membrane for solid polymer water electrolysis. 0000 The electrolyte membrane for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell according to the present invention contains fine fibrous cellulose that is derived from wood or plants, wherein the average fiber width of the fine fibrous cellulose that is derived from wood or plants is 50 nm or less, and the fine fibrous cellulose has a phosphorus oxoacid group.
Resumen de: US20260321696A1
0000 Disclosed is a polymer electrolyte membrane having improved ion conductivity performance by maintaining the moisture content therein under high-temperature and/or low-humidity conditions. According to one aspect, the polymer electrolyte membrane includes a porous support; a first ion conductor layer disposed on a first surface of the porous support; and a second ion conductor layer disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the porous support, the first ion conductor layer containing an ion conductor and an absorbent compound, wherein the absorbent compound forms a basket structure by molecular motion, and the second ion conductor layer contains no absorbent compound.
Nº publicación: US20260321688A1 15/10/2026
Solicitante:
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO [KR]
KIA CORP [KR]
Hyundai Motor Company
Kia Corporation
Resumen de: US20260321688A1
0000 A fuel cell system including an ejector provided in a hydrogen supply line, a hydrogen pressure sensor provided in the hydrogen supply line at a front end portion of the ejector and configured to measure a pressure of hydrogen flowing in from a hydrogen tank, a supply valve provided in the hydrogen supply line at a front end portion of the hydrogen pressure sensor and configured to control a flow rate of the hydrogen supplied from the hydrogen tank to an anode of a fuel cell stack, a discharge valve provided in a hydrogen discharge line, and a controller that estimates the pressure of the hydrogen flowing into the anode of the fuel cell stack from a rear end portion of the ejector for each open or closed state of each of the supply and discharge valves, and controls the supply and discharge valves based on a pressure estimate value of the hydrogen, and a control method thereof.