Electrochemical Device Including Amorphous Metal Oxide on Graphene
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJun Yang, Patrick Pietrasz, Chunchuan Xu, Richard E. Soltis, Mark S. Sulek, Mark S. Ricketts
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Abstract
In one or more embodiments, an electrochemical device includes a catalyst promoter including an amorphous metal oxide, the amorphous metal oxide being of an amount greater than 50 percent by weight of the total weight of the substrate, and a substrate including graphene and supporting the substrate.
Claims20
An electrochemical device comprising:
- a catalyst promoter including an amorphous metal oxide, the amorphous metal oxide being of an amount greater than 50 percent by weight of the catalyst promoter;
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- a substrate supporting the catalyst promoter and including graphene.
The electrochemical device of claim 2, further including a catalyst supported on the catalyst promoter and including a noble metal, the catalyst promoter being disposed between the catalyst and the base.
An electrochemical device comprising:
- a catalyst promoter including an amorphous metal oxide, the amorphous metal oxide being of an amount greater than 50 percent by weight of the substrate;
- a substrate supporting the catalyst promoter and including graphene;
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- a noble metal catalyst supported on the substrate, the catalyst promoter being disposed between the catalyst and the base.
A method of forming an electrochemical device, the method comprising:
- forming on a substrate a catalyst promoter including an amorphous metal oxide, the substrate including graphene, the amorphous metal oxide having a general formula of MOx and being of greater than 50 percent by weight of the substrate;
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- depositing a noble metal catalyst onto the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.