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Patent Inventor Names
Stephen A. Empedocles0
Calvin Y. H. Chow0
Chunming Niu0
J. Wallace Parce0
Date of Patent
July 12, 2011
0Patent Application Number
116422410
Date Filed
December 20, 2006
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention discloses nanowires for use in a fuel cell comprising a metal catalyst deposited on a surface of the nanowires. A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell is disclosed which generally comprises a proton exchange membrane, an anode electrode, and a cathode electrode, wherein at least one or more of the anode electrode and cathode electrode comprise an interconnected network of the catalyst supported nanowires. Methods are also disclosed for preparing a membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell based upon an interconnected network of nanowires.
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