Patents by Inventor Agustin Sin Xicola

Agustin Sin Xicola has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for manufacturing an electrochemical device
    Patent number: 7780936
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing an electrochemical device including a cathode, an anode and at least one electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one of the cathode, the anode and the electrolyte membrane, contains at least a ceramic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Pirelli & C. S.p.A.
    Inventors: Agustin Sin Xicola, A. Yuri Dubitsky, Enrico Albizzati, Evgeny Kopnin, Elena Roda
  • Electrochemical Device With A LSGM-Electrolyte
    Publication number: 20100028733
    Abstract: An electrochemical device including an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the electrolyte membrane has a material of formula La1?xSrxGa1?yMGyO3?0.5(x+y), wherein x and y are independently a value of 0.1 to 0.3, said material having a relative density of at least 90% and including LaSrGaO4 in a percentage of 0.05 vol % to 10 vol %. A method for producing energy and a method for separating oxygen from a gas mixture are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2004
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Agustin Sin Xicola, Elena Roda, Yuri A. Dubitsky, Antonio Zaopo, Enrico Albizzati, Evgeny Kopnin
  • Electrochemical Device And Process For Manufacturing An Electrochemical Device
    Publication number: 20090075138
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes at least one porous supporting electrode including at least one electronically conducting material and at least one ionically conducting material, said ionically conducting material having an ionic conductivity, at 800° C., not lower than or equal to 0.005 S/cm?1, preferably 0.01 S/cm?1 to 0.1 S/cm?1, said at least one porous supporting electrode having a thickness greater than or equal to 200 ?m, preferably 500 ?m to 2 mm; at least one electrolyte membrane having a relative density greater than or equal to 90%, preferably 95% to 100%, and a thickness lower than or equal to 50 ?m, preferably 5 ?m to 30 ?m; and at least one porous counter-electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Agustin Sin Xicola, Antonino Salvatore Arico, Daniela La Rosa
  • Process for Manufacturing an Electrochemical Device
    Publication number: 20080233030
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing an electrochemical device including a cathode, an anode and at least one electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one of the cathode, the anode and the electrolyte membrane, contains at least a ceramic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: PIRELLI & C.S.P.A.
    Inventors: Agustin Sin Xicola, A. Yuri Dubitsky, Enrico Albizzati, Evgeny Kopnin, Elena Roda
  • Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
    Publication number: 20070275292
    Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell has a cathode, at least an electrolyte membrane, and an anode having a ceramic containing at least one of cobalt and iron, the ceramic being mixed with doped ceria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Agustin Sin Xicola, Yuri Dubitsky, Enrico Albizzati, Antonino Arico, Laura Gullo, Daniela La Rosa, Vincenzo Antonucci
  • Ceramic anode solid oxide fuel cell
    Publication number: 20060127747
    Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell having a cathode, at least an electrolyte membrane, and an anode having a ceramic material and an alloy of nickel and at least a second metal, the alloy having an average particle size not higher than 20 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Antonino Arico, Laura Gullo, Daniela La rosa, Stefania Siracusano, Ana Berta Correira Tavares, Agustin Sin Xicola