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US 2012/0237854 A1Published application
Method to Enhance the Durability of Conductive Carbon Coating of PEM Fuel Cell Bipolar Plates
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsYoussef M. Mikhail, Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, Gayatri Vyas Dadheech
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Abstract
A fuel cell component includes an electrode support material made with nanofiber materials of Titania and ionomer. A bipolar plate stainless steel substrate and a carbon-containing layer doped with a metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, iridium, ruthenium, gold, palladium, and combinations thereof.
Claims11
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A fuel cell component comprising:
- a carbon-containing layer doped with a metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, iridium, ruthenium, gold, palladium, and combinations thereof, the carbon-containing layer comprising an ionomeric composition including nanotubes of an ion conducting ionomer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.