US 11,728,493 B1
Advanced selectively gas permeable anode flow field design for efficient removal of carbon dioxide in a fuel cell
Cynthia Rice, Cookeville, TN (US); Shadi A. Saeed, Auburn Hills, TN (US); Michael Renfro, Cookeville, TN (US); and Antonio Pistono, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN (US)
Filed by Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/566,292.
Application 17/566,292 is a continuation of application No. 15/905,573, filed on Feb. 26, 2018, granted, now 11,233,249.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/462,970, filed on Feb. 24, 2017.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 8/0258 (2016.01); H01M 4/86 (2006.01); H01M 8/026 (2016.01); H01M 8/241 (2016.01); H01M 8/1067 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/0258 (2013.01) [H01M 8/026 (2013.01); H01M 8/1067 (2013.01); H01M 8/241 (2013.01); H01M 2004/8684 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
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1. A fuel cell including an electrically conductive selectively gas permeable anode flow field (SGPFF) fuel cell, the fuel cell comprising:
an anode plate design comprising two mating flow fields, an anode gaseous flowfield and an anode liquid flow field separated by a semi-permeable separator, the semi-permeable separator comprising an electrically conductive material.