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Title: Photocatalytic methods for preparation of electrocatalyst materials

Abstract

The invention relates to methods of preparing metal particles on a support material, including platinum-containing nanoparticles on a carbon support. Such materials can be used as electrocatalysts, for example as improved electrocatalysts in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEM-FCs).

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1096023
Patent Number(s):
8541146
Application Number:
11/329,853
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Erlanger, KY); Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota, JP); Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Li, Wen, Kawamura, Tetsuo, Nagami, Tetsuo, Takahashi, Hiroaki, Muldoon, John, Shelnutt, John A, Song, Yujiang, Miller, James E, Hickner, Michael A, and Medforth, Craig. Photocatalytic methods for preparation of electrocatalyst materials. United States: N. p., 2013. Web.
Li, Wen, Kawamura, Tetsuo, Nagami, Tetsuo, Takahashi, Hiroaki, Muldoon, John, Shelnutt, John A, Song, Yujiang, Miller, James E, Hickner, Michael A, & Medforth, Craig. Photocatalytic methods for preparation of electrocatalyst materials. United States.
Li, Wen, Kawamura, Tetsuo, Nagami, Tetsuo, Takahashi, Hiroaki, Muldoon, John, Shelnutt, John A, Song, Yujiang, Miller, James E, Hickner, Michael A, and Medforth, Craig. Tue . "Photocatalytic methods for preparation of electrocatalyst materials". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1096023.
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