Global Patent Index - EP 1374324 A2

EP 1374324 A2 20040102 - FUEL CELL

Title (en)

FUEL CELL

Title (de)

HYBRIDMEMBRAN-POLYMERELEKTROLYT-BRENNSTOFFZELLE

Title (fr)

CELLULE DE COMBUSTIBLE

Publication

EP 1374324 A2 20040102 (DE)

Application

EP 02716614 A 20020222

Priority

  • DE 0200648 W 20020222
  • DE 10116913 A 20010405
  • DE 10153287 A 20011029

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO02082562A2] The invention relates to a fuel cell (1) comprising at least the following parts: a proton-conducting membrane (2) serving as an electrolyte; catalyst layers (3), which cover the membrane (2) on both sides; gas permeable electrodes provided in the form an anode (4) and cathode (5), which rest on the outwardly pointing surface of the catalyst layers (3); electrically conductive plates (6), which contact the electrodes in an electrically conductive manner while being located at small distances from one another, and which, together with the electrodes, delimit gas-conducting channels, and; gas connections for supplying hydrogen (H2) on one side and oxygen (O2) on the other. The inventive fuel cell (1) is characterized in that the membrane (2) is a hybrid membrane comprising a matrix into which a channel-forming protein is mixed. The invention also relates to advantageous variants of the membrane (2) in which the matrix, for example, contains a molecular sieve/protein adduct.

IPC 1-7

H01M 2/00

IPC 8 full level

H01M 8/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H01M 8/1016 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 02082562A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

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

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 02082562 A2 20021017; WO 02082562 A3 20030626; AU 2002247605 A1 20021021; DE 10207462 A1 20030430; EP 1374324 A2 20040102

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 0200648 W 20020222; AU 2002247605 A 20020222; DE 10207462 A 20020222; EP 02716614 A 20020222