WO2002041433A1 - Air breathing direct methanol fuel cell - Google Patents

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WO2002041433A1
WO2002041433A1 PCT/US2001/046140 US0146140W WO0241433A1 WO 2002041433 A1 WO2002041433 A1 WO 2002041433A1 US 0146140 W US0146140 W US 0146140W WO 0241433 A1 WO0241433 A1 WO 0241433A1
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fuel cell
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methanol
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Xiaoming Ren
Shimshon Gottesfeld
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The Regents Of The University Of California
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Priority to EP01996902A priority Critical patent/EP1342282A4/de
Priority to AU2002220168A priority patent/AU2002220168A1/en
Priority to JP2002543732A priority patent/JP2004522257A/ja
Publication of WO2002041433A1 publication Critical patent/WO2002041433A1/en

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/10—Fuel cells with solid electrolytes
    • H01M8/1009—Fuel cells with solid electrolytes with one of the reactants being liquid, solid or liquid-charged
    • H01M8/1011—Direct alcohol fuel cells [DAFC], e.g. direct methanol fuel cells [DMFC]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/10—Fuel cells with solid electrolytes
    • H01M8/1009—Fuel cells with solid electrolytes with one of the reactants being liquid, solid or liquid-charged
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/24—Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells
    • H01M8/2455—Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells with liquid, solid or electrolyte-charged reactants
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02—Details
    • H01M8/0202—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/30—Hydrogen technology
    • Y02E60/50—Fuel cells
PCT/US2001/046140 2000-11-14 2001-10-31 Air breathing direct methanol fuel cell WO2002041433A1 (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP01996902A EP1342282A4 (de) 2000-11-14 2001-10-31 Direkt-methanol-brennstoffzelle mit luftatmung
AU2002220168A AU2002220168A1 (en) 2000-11-14 2001-10-31 Air breathing direct methanol fuel cell
JP2002543732A JP2004522257A (ja) 2000-11-14 2001-10-31 空気呼吸するメタノール燃料電池

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US09/713,146 US6621847B1 (en) 1999-11-17 2000-11-14 Narrow-band excimer laser apparatus
US09/713,146 2000-11-14

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WO2002041433A1 true WO2002041433A1 (en) 2002-05-23

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