Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel cells utilizing liquid metal alloy reducing agents and fuel cell systems including the same
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Application No.: US15459436Application Date: 2017-03-15
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Publication No.: US10581105B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Paul E. DuFresne
- Applicant: Paul E. DuFresne
- Agency: Dascenzo Intellectual Property Law, P.C.
- Main IPC: H01M8/22
- IPC: H01M8/22 ; H01M8/04082 ; H01M8/0662 ; H01M4/92

Abstract:
Fuel cells utilizing liquid sodium-potassium alloy (NaK) reducing agent and fuel cell systems including the same. The fuel cells include a housing defining a housing volume and a reducing agent-containment structure defining a reducing agent-containment volume. The fuel cells also include a volume of NaK reducing agent extending within the reducing agent-containment volume and an anode conductor extending in electrical contact with the NaK reducing agent such that the NaK reducing agent forms at least a portion of an anode electrode of the fuel cell. The fuel cells further include a cathode electrode that extends within the housing volume and is spaced-apart from the NaK reducing agent, an electrolyte present within the housing volume, and an oxidizing agent supply structure configured to provide an oxidizing agent to the housing volume.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170279149A1 FUEL CELLS UTILIZING LIQUID METAL ALLOY REDUCING AGENTS AND FUEL CELL SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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