US Patent Issued to AGC on Oct. 14 for "Catalyst layer, catalyst layer ink and membrane-electrode assembly" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,765, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to AGC INC. (Tokyo).

"Catalyst layer, catalyst layer ink and membrane-electrode assembly" was invented by Masako Kawamoto (Tokyo) and Satoru Hommura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a catalyst layer, a catalyst layer ink and a membrane-electrode assembly which enable provision of fuel cells with high power efficiency. The catalyst layer of the present invention comprises a carbon alloy catalyst and an ion exchange polymer which comprises at least one species of units having a cyclic ether structure selected from the group consisting of units represented by the f...