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  • Proton conducting membrane using a solid acid
    Patent number: 6468684
    Abstract: A solid acid material is used as a proton conducting membrane in an electrochemical device. The solid acid material can be one of a plurality of different kinds of materials. A binder can be added, and that binder can be either a nonconducting or a conducting binder. Nonconducting binders can be, for example, a polymer or a glass. A conducting binder enables the device to be both proton conducting and electron conducting. The solid acid material has the general form MaHb(XOt)c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Calum Chisholm, Sekharipuram R. Narayanan, Dane Boysen, Sossina M. Haile