Method of making a porous fuel cell component
AssigneeDoosan Fuel Cell America, Inc.
InventorsKevin A. Arpin, Patrick Michael Brown, Timothy William Patterson, JR.
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Abstract
An illustrated example method of making a porous carbon composite includes mixing a carbon-based material, a binder and pore former particles to establish a mixture. The mixture is placed into a mold where it is subjected to pressure at an ambient temperature to form a compacted body. Subsequently, the compacted body is heated to a temperature that causes at least partial removal of the pore former particles to establish pores in place of at least some of the pore former particles.
Claims17
A method of making a porous carbon composite, the method comprising:
- mixing a carbon-based material, a binder and pore former particles to establish a mixture;
- placing the mixture into a mold;
- subjecting the mixture in the mold to pressure at an ambient temperature to form a compacted body;
- subsequently heating the compacted body to a temperature that causes at least partial removal of the pore former particles to establish pores in place of at least some of the pore former particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.