Phenolic Coatings for Enhanced Resistance to Hydrocarbon Poisoning of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Electrodes
AssigneeUniversity of Cincinnati
InventorAnastasios Angelopoulos
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Abstract
An electrocatalyst ink composition is provided. The ink composition includes a liquid vehicle, particles with at least one electrocatalyst metal, and at least one compound having a phenolic moiety. In various embodiments, the compound comprising a phenolic moiety is resorcinol and the electrocatalyst metal is a platinum-bismuth alloy.
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An electrocatalyst ink composition comprising:
- a. a liquid vehicle;
- b. particles comprising at least one electrocatalyst metal;
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- c. at least one compound comprising a phenolic moiety.
A method for the fabrication of an electrocatalyst layer comprising depositing an ink composition onto a substrate, wherein said ink composition comprises a liquid vehicle, particles comprising at least one electrocatalyst metal, and at least one compound comprising a phenolic moiety.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.