Resumen de: US2025246691A1
An electrochemical cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, and an intermediate layer. The solid electrolyte layer is located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The intermediate layer is located between the solid electrolyte layer and the second electrode. The intermediate layer contains at least one selected from the group consisting of Cu, Na, and V as a first element, and contains Ce as a second element.
Resumen de: WO2025157353A1
The invention relates to a method for heating a fuel cell system (10), having the steps of: determining a starting temperature at a starting time of a heating process, determining a first threshold temperature of the fuel cell system (10), wherein the first threshold temperature is higher than the starting temperature, determining a maximum electrical load by means of which the fuel cell system (10) is to be electrically loaded in order to heat the fuel cell system (10) when the first threshold temperature is reached, determining a starting electrical load by means of which the fuel cell system (10) is to be electrically loaded at the starting time in order to heat the fuel cell system (10), determining a heating process load increase from the starting electrical load at the starting time to the maximum electrical load when the first threshold temperature is reached, and carrying out the heating process for heating the fuel cell system (10) using the determined load increase. The invention also relates to a fuel cell system (10), to a vehicle (100), to a computer program product (40) and to a computer-readable storage medium (50).
Resumen de: WO2025157339A1
The invention relates to a control device for a drive system, which drive system comprises: a fuel cell system having at least one fuel cell; and a mechanical power generator, wherein the control device forwards a received power command differently to the mechanical power generator depending on a received operating state variable of the fuel cell system.
Resumen de: US2025239635A1
A fuel cell system may include a fuel cell stack and a flow path configured to supply gas containing oxygen to the fuel cell stack, in which the flow path comprises a first component including a first outlet for the gas and a second component located downstream of the first component and including an inlet integrated with the first outlet without a piping between the inlet of the second component and the first outlet. The fuel cell system may further include a branch flow path configured to branch the gas from the flow path, in which the first component further comprises a second outlet for the gas, and the branch flow path may include a third component including an inlet integrated with the second outlet without a piping between the inlet of the third component and the second outlet.
Resumen de: JP2025111902A
【課題】排水管がエンドプレートの保持構造から抜けることを抑制することができる燃料電池スタックを提供する。【解決手段】燃料電池スタックであって、前記燃料電池スタックは、セル積層体と、前記セル積層体の端部に配置されるエンドプレートと、前記セル積層体及び前記エンドプレートを連通するマニホールドと、前記マニホールドに挿入される排水管と、を備え、前記エンドプレートの前記マニホールドには、前記排水管の端部を保持する保持構造が設けられ、前記保持構造は、前記排水管の端部を保持する保持穴と、前記保持穴から前記エンドプレートの前記マニホールドの内側に向かって傾斜する傾斜面と、を有し、前記傾斜面は、前記排水管の中央部が前記排水管の端部よりも前記セル積層体の内側に寄るように傾斜し、前記排水管は、前記傾斜面に沿って配置されている、燃料電池スタック。【選択図】図4
Resumen de: KR20250115509A
본 발명은, 선체(110), 풍황을 계측하는 라이다센서(121)와, 라이다센서(121)에 의해 계측된 해당 해상의 풍황정보를 처리하는 정보처리모듈(122)을 구비하는 센서부(120), 통신부(130), 풍력발전기(141)와 태양광 패널(142)과 연축전지(143)로 구성된 제1발전부(140), 해수이차전지(153)로 구성된 제2발전부(150), 해수이차전지(153)로부터 생성된 전력을 저장하는 다수의 배터리팩(161)을 포함하는 BMS 전원제어부(160), 제1충방전부(170), 제2충방전부(180), 및 제1충방전부(170) 또는 제2충방전부(180)를 통해, 상대적으로 신속한 응답이 요구되는 센서부(120) 및 통신부(130)의 전력으로 연축전지(143)에 의한 전력을 인가하고, BMS 전원제어부(160)를 통해, 상대적으로 장기간 저장이 요구되는 전력으로 해수이차전지(153)에 의해 생성된 전력을 사용하도록 이중화하는, 주제어부를 포함하여, 전력저장 및 전력공급에 대한 이중화를 구현하는, 하이브리드 전원공급시스템을 구비한 해양관측용 선형타입 라이다 부이를 개시한다.
Resumen de: KR20250115817A
본 발명은 고체산화물 전지용 공기극 구조 및 이의 제조 방법에 관한 것으로서, 구체적으로 전해질 상에 스캐폴드를 형성하고, 스캐폴드 상에 공기극촉매층을 형성하여 공기극 구조를 제조하고, 스캐폴드는 GDC로 구성될 수 있고, 공기극촉매층은 LSC로 구성될 수 있으며, 스캐폴드의 닫힌 기공에 공기극촉매가 증착되지 않아 산소 기체 발생으로 인한 공기극 박리를 방지하고, 고체산화물 전지의 안정성을 향상시키는 기술에 관한 것이다.
Resumen de: KR20250115561A
본 발명의 실시예에 따른 연료전지용 분리판에 적용되는 가스켓 구조를 제공한다. 반응면과 냉각면을 가지는 분리판에 적용되는 가스켓 구조에 있어서, 상기 분리판 상에 배치되는 상기 가스켓 구조는 반응기체가 유입 또는 배출되는 복수의 매니폴드들에서 멀어지도록 연장되는 복수의 제1 연장부들을 포함하고, 상기 제1 연장부들이 연속되는 제1 방향을 기준으로 상기 제1 연장부들 각각은 상기 매니폴드와 인접한 일단 또는 상기 일단과 대향하는 타단보다 너비가 큰 제1 확장부를 포함한다.
Resumen de: US2025177898A1
A liquid separator for separating a liquid from a fluid flow includes a housing, a flow-conducting region arranged inside the housing and including an inner tube and an outer tube adjoining the inner tube, the inner tube being arranged downstream of the outer tube in a flow direction, a fluid conduit connected to the flow-conducting region and having a first diameter, the fluid conduit including a swirl generator for generating a swirl of the fluid flow, a separation region arranged at a radial outer side of the inner tube and the outer tube, a fluid outlet connected to the separation region and extending at a slant to an axial direction, and a flow-calmed region arranged between the separation region and the fluid outlet and including a flow-calming element for calming the fluid flow.
Resumen de: KR20210001132A
The present invention relates to a catalyst complex for a fuel cell, comprising: a support including carbon (C); platinum (Pt) supported on the support; and an iridium (Ir) compound supported on the support, wherein the iridium compound includes at least one of iridium oxide satisfying chemical formula 1, IrO_x and iridium-transition metal oxide satisfying chemical formula 2, IrMO_x (M is a transition metal and may be selected from Fe, Co, Cu, and Ni), and x is 1 to 2.
Resumen de: KR20250115833A
본 발명의 일 실시예는 공동 스퍼터링법을 이용하여 제조된 고체산화물 연료전지를 제공한다. 본 발명의 일 실시 예에 따른 공동 스퍼터링 공정을 이용한 고체산화물 연료전지는 상용화 전해질층 위에 공동 스퍼터링을 이용하여 이트리아 안정화 지르코니아(Yttria-stabilized zirconia)를 포함하는 기능층을 형성하여, 인위적으로 전해질층의 결정립 크기를 감소시키고, 산소 환원 반응의 표면적이 증가하도록 하여 연료전지 환원극과 전해질 사이에서의 삼상 경계(triple phase boundary, TPB)를 증대함으로써 전류밀도값의 향상이 가능하도록 할 수 있다.
Resumen de: WO2025157402A1
The invention relates to an electrochemical cell assembly (10) comprising a stack (16) of cell units (18), wherein in said stack there is provided a fluid inlet manifold (28) and a fluid outlet manifold (30), each cell unit has a fluid inlet port (38) being in communication with the fluid inlet manifold and a fluid outlet port (40) being in communication with the fluid outlet manifold, each cell unit defines an inner fluid flow path (36) for fluid to flow from the fluid inlet port to the fluid outlet port, each cell unit has a fluid permeability along its fluid flow path, an average fluid permeability of the cell units in an upper half (52) of the stack is higher than an average fluid permeability of the cell units in a lower half (54) of the stack.
Resumen de: WO2025157764A1
The invention relates to a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell with improved contact properties between the gas diffusion layers (GDL) and the catalyst-coated polymer-electrolyte membrane (CCM), to a gas diffusion layer, to a method for producing a gas diffusion layer, and to a method for producing a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell which exhibits an improved contact at the boundary surface between the gas diffusion layers and the catalyst-coated polymer-electrolyte membrane. The gas diffusion layer comprises a carbon fiber nonwoven material or a carbon fiber paper comprising carbon fibers which have a main orientation direction with respect to the base surface of the nonwoven material or paper, said main orientation direction not being parallel to the main orientation of the channels of an adjacent flow distributor plate.
Resumen de: WO2025156000A1
The present invention relates to a fuel cell tower (10) for a fuel cell system, the fuel cell tower comprising a housing (20) with a housing interior (22) in which at least two fuel cell stacks (30) are arranged one above the other along a stacking direction (SR), wherein at least one weight (40) is arranged in the housing interior (22) above the fuel cell stacks (30), in contact with the uppermost fuel cell stack (30) in a manner allowing the transmission of gravitational force (GK), for applying at least a portion of the gravitational force (GK) of the weight (40) onto the fuel cell stacks (30).
Resumen de: WO2025160347A1
Boronic acid-functionalized anion exchange polymers have a main chain and tetra-coordinated boronic acid groups in side chains, side groups, or crosslinks. Tetra-coordinated boronic acid groups have a tetra-coordinated boron atom covalently bonded to two or three hydroxyl groups and to the polymer main chain, a side chain, or a side group. The tetra-coordinated boronic acid groups serve as hydroxide transport agents by a process known as reconstruction. Boronic acid-functionalized anion exchange polymers may be used as anion exchange membranes.
Resumen de: WO2025157763A1
The invention relates to a gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell, comprising A) a flat electrically conductive material which contains at least one fiber material, said fiber material being selected from carbon fiber nonwoven materials, carbon fiber papers, carbon fiber woven fabrics, and mixtures thereof, and B) a microporous layer containing conductive carbon particles in a matrix consisting of a polymeric binder, wherein the conductive carbon particles comprise soot and graphite, and the proportion of graphite, based on the total weight of soot and graphite contained in the microporous layer, equals at least 50 wt.%, said microporous layer being applied onto at least one face of the flat electrically conductive material A). The invention additionally relates to a method for producing the gas diffusion layer, to a fuel cell containing the gas diffusion layer, and to the use of the gas diffusion layer in a polymer-electrolyte membrane fuel cell in order to reduce the contact resistance at the boundary surface between the microporous layer of the gas diffusion layer and the catalyst layer applied onto the polymer-electrolyte membrane.
Resumen de: WO2025157582A1
The present invention relates to a fuel cell system (100) for converting energy, the fuel cell system (100) comprising: - a first fuel cell stack (101), - a second fuel cell stack (103), and an individual anode subsystem (105) which is configured to jointly supply the first fuel cell stack (101) and the second fuel cell stack (103) with fuel.
Resumen de: WO2025157585A1
The invention relates to welding an electrochemical cell assembly. The method comprises providing a first and a second metal sheet to be welded together; applying a controlled corrosion treatment to an area to be situated between the first and second metal sheets; and welding the first and second metal sheets together at a location offset from the area in which the controlled corrosion treatment was applied.
Resumen de: WO2025159132A1
A fuel cell 100 according to the present disclosure comprises: an anode separator 20; a cathode separator 30; a membrane electrode assembly 10 that includes an anode 13, a cathode 16, and an electrolyte membrane 12 and that is disposed between the anode separator 20 and the cathode separator 30; a fuel gas flow path 40 that is provided between the anode 13 and the anode separator 20; and an oxidant gas flow path 50 that is provided between the cathode 16 and the cathode separator 30. The difference between the temperature of the oxidant gas and the dew point of the oxidant gas is 2°C or less at an outlet 50b of the oxidant gas flow path 50.
Resumen de: WO2025159211A1
The present invention provides a method for extracting energy on the basis of the dissociation mechanism of molecular hydrogen generated by the hydrogenase activity of mitochondria, wherein a superoxide and molecular hydrogen overcome an energy barrier and undergo a propagation reaction, and dissociation energy is generated from the dissociation of molecular hydrogen into electrons and protons, or electrical energy is produced from moving electrons and protons.
Resumen de: WO2025158822A1
An electrode catalyst according to the present disclosure comprises: a mesoporous material; and catalyst metal particles that are supported at least within the interior of the mesoporous material and contain platinum and a metal different from the platinum. The mesoporous material has mesopores with a mode radius of 1-25 nm, and a pore surface area of 1.0-3.0 cm3/g or less. The catalyst metal is represented by a chemical formula PtxCo1-yNiy, where x is in the range of 1-3 and y is in the range of 0.20-0.47. The catalyst metal particles include an L10 phase.
Resumen de: WO2025156724A1
A pre-activation method and apparatus for a fuel cell system. The pre-activation method for a fuel cell system comprises the following steps: acquiring the shutdown duration of a fuel cell system; if the shutdown duration is greater than a preset duration, then, on the basis of the current ambient humidity and a current dust value of a fuel cell system inlet, determining a current failure state of the fuel cell system; on the basis of the current failure state, performing pre-activation treatment on the fuel cell system, and, after the pre-activation treatment is completed, determining whether a stack state of the fuel cell system is a single cell-low voltage state; and, if the stack state is the single cell-low voltage state, then, on the basis of a first starvation activation policy, performing starvation activation treatment on a cathode of the fuel cell system, and, after the starvation activation treatment is completed, controlling the fuel cell system to operate. Thus, by means of analyzing the state of the fuel cell system and using different recovery activation treatment modes for the fuel cell system on the basis of different states, a stack is rapidly and efficiently activated, so that the stack achieves optimal performance output.
Resumen de: WO2025157572A1
The invention relates to a method for determining a degree of fuel utilisation of a fuel cell unit in a fuel cell device (10a; 10b; 10c), in particular an SOFC fuel cell device, which has at least one fuel cell unit (12a; 12b; 12c), in particular a fuel cell stack, at least one fan unit (14a; 14b; 14c), and at least one open-loop and closed-loop control unit (16a; 16b; 16c), having an operating step (18a; 18b; 18c) in which the fuel cell unit (12a; 12b; 12c) obtains electrical energy from a gaseous medium, wherein the fan unit (14a; 14b; 14c) regulates and drives a recirculation circuit (20a; 20b; 20c) in the operating step (18a; 18b; 18c), and wherein operation of the fuel cell device (10a; 10b; 10c) is regulated by means of the open-loop and closed-loop control unit (16a; 16b; 16c) in the operating step (18a; 18b; 18c). According to the invention, in at least one comparison step (24a; 24b; 24c) a degree of fuel utilisation of the fuel cell unit (12a; 12b; 12c) is estimated by means of an empirical estimation.
Resumen de: WO2025157447A1
A method is specified for recovering catalyst material (5, 7) from a membrane electrode assembly (1), wherein a membrane electrode assembly (1) is provided. The carrier material of the membrane electrode assembly (1) comprises a membrane (3), in particular a polymer membrane, on which an electrode layer (9) made of an electrode material containing a metallic catalyst material (5, 7) is applied. Electrode material is abrasively removed from the membrane (3) and separated to give a separation material (31), and metallic catalyst material (5, 7) is recovered from the separation material (31). Further specified is a recycling system (35) configured for carrying out the method.
Nº publicación: WO2025156556A1 31/07/2025
Solicitante:
VRB ENERGY OPERATIONS BEIJING CO LTD [CN]
VRB ENERGY INC [GB]
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Resumen de: WO2025156556A1
A conductive slurry and a preparation method therefor, a composite electrode, and a flow battery. The conductive slurry is prepared from a conductive carbon black, carbon nanotubes, polyvinylidene fluoride and N-methylpyrrolidone. The composite electrode comprises a first electrode, a bipolar plate, a second electrode, and the conductive slurry as described above, wherein the conductive slurry is disposed between the first electrode and the bipolar plate and disposed between the second electrode and the bipolar plate. The conductive slurry is not only stable in the initial chemical state of a vanadium electrolyte of a common flow battery, but also has electrochemical stability during charging and discharging after a voltage is applied thereto. The conductive slurry has a long service life and does not degrade over time as the battery is used. The conductive slurry has a good bonding effect, and also enables the contact resistance to be reduced after the bipolar plate and carbon felt electrodes are compounded. Moreover, the conductive slurry itself has a good electrocatalytic activity, thereby providing reaction sites for a vanadium electrolyte commonly used in a flow battery and thus improving the efficiency and performance of the battery.