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  • Method for making oxygen-reducing catalyst layers
    Patent number: 7740902
    Abstract: Methods are provided for making oxygen-reducing catalyst layers, which include simultaneous or sequential stops of physical vapor depositing an oxygen-reducing catalytic material onto a substrate, the catalytic material comprising a transition metal that is substantially free of platinum; and thermally treating the catalytic material. At least one of the physical vapor deposition and the thermal treatment is performed in a processing environment comprising a nitrogen-containing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Dennis P. O'Brien, Alison K. Schmoeckel, George D. Vernstrom, Radoslav Atanasoski, Thomas E. Wood, David G. O'Neill