Nanofiber electrode and method of forming same
Abstract
In one aspect, a method of forming an electrode for an electrochemical device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of mixing at least a first amount of a catalyst and a second amount of an ionomer or uncharged polymer to form a solution and delivering the solution into a metallic needle having a needle tip. The method further includes the steps of applying a voltage between the needle tip and a collector substrate positioned at a distance from the needle tip, and extruding the solution from the needle tip at a flow rate such as to generate electrospun fibers and deposit the generated fibers on the collector substrate to form a mat with a porous network of fibers. Each fiber in the porous network of the mat has distributed particles of the catalyst. The method also includes the step of pressing the mat onto a membrane.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1423298
- Patent Number(s):
- 9905870
- Application Number:
- PCT/US2011/058088
- Assignee:
- VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, TN)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS B29C - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS
D - TEXTILES D01 - NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES D01D - MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG36-06GO16030
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2011 Oct 27
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Pintauro, Peter N., and Zhang, Wenjing. Nanofiber electrode and method of forming same. United States: N. p., 2018.
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Pintauro, Peter N., & Zhang, Wenjing. Nanofiber electrode and method of forming same. United States.
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