Global Patent Index - EP 1273063 A1

EP 1273063 A1 20030108 - FLEXIBLE GRAPHITE ARTICLE AND FUEL CELL ELECTRODE WITH ENHANCED ELECTRICAL AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY

Title (en)

FLEXIBLE GRAPHITE ARTICLE AND FUEL CELL ELECTRODE WITH ENHANCED ELECTRICAL AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY

Title (de)

FLEXIBLE GRAPHITTEILE UND BRENNSTOFFZELLENELEKTRODE MIT VERBESSERTER ELEKTRISCHER UND THERMISCHER LEITFÄHIGKEIT

Title (fr)

ARTICLE SOUPLE EN GRAPHITE ET ELECTRODE A CELLULE ELECTROCHIMIQUE PRESENTANT UNE CONDUCTIVITE ELECTRIQUE ET THERMIQUE ACCRUE

Publication

EP 1273063 A1 20030108 (EN)

Application

EP 00923203 A 20000410

Priority

US 0009508 W 20000410

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0178179A1] A graphite article (20) useful in producing a membrane electrode assembly (6) comprising a pair of electrodes and an ion exchange membrane (550) positioned between the electrodes is presented. At least one of the electrodes is formed of a sheet of compressed mass of expanded graphite particles having a plurality of transverse fluid channels (20) passing through the sheet between the first and second opposed surfaces of the sheet, one of the opposed surfaces abutting the ion exchange membrane (550) when used in a membrane electrode assembly (6). At least some of the fluid channels (20) are interconnected to enable flow of the fluid therebetween.

IPC 1-7

H01M 8/10

IPC 8 full level

H01M 8/02 (2006.01); H01M 8/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C04B 35/536 (2013.01); H01M 4/8605 (2013.01); H01M 4/96 (2013.01); H01M 8/0234 (2013.01); H01M 8/026 (2013.01); H01M 8/0273 (2013.01); H01M 8/1004 (2013.01); H01M 8/1007 (2016.02); C04B 2235/945 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0178179 A1 20011018; AU 2000243369 B2 20051124; AU 4336900 A 20011023; BR 0017202 A 20040106; BR 0017202 B1 20101103; CA 2405303 A1 20011018; CA 2405303 C 20090203; CN 1326278 C 20070711; CN 1454399 A 20031105; EP 1273063 A1 20030108; EP 1273063 A4 20090401; MX PA02009995 A 20030212

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0009508 W 20000410; AU 2000243369 A 20000410; AU 4336900 A 20000410; BR 0017202 A 20000410; CA 2405303 A 20000410; CN 00819640 A 20000410; EP 00923203 A 20000410; MX PA02009995 A 20000410