Patents by Inventor Antonino Arico'

Antonino Arico' 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).

  • 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
  • Electrochemical oxygen separator cell
    Publication number: 20070034507
    Abstract: An electrochemical oxygen separator cell including an electrode based on lanthanum strontium manganese oxide or lanthanum strontium cobalt iron oxide; and an electrolyte membrane of doped ceria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Xicola Sin, Antonio Zaopo, Vicenzo Antonucci, Antonino Arico
  • 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
  • Polymeric membrane electrochemical cell operating at temperatures above 100 c
    Patent number: 6780537
    Abstract: The invention concerns a proton exchange membrane comprising a perfluorosulfonic acid having silica particles embedded therein in a concentration by weight comprised between 0.01 and 50% by weight and dimensions comprised between 0.001 and 10 micrometers, characterized in that said membrane comprises both an amorphous and a crystalline phase and the ratio thereof is adjusted by means of a controlled thermal treatment at a temperature higher than the glass transition temperature, controlled by an X-ray spectrometer. The invention further concerns an electrochemical cell using said membrane, in particular a fuel cell and the method of operating the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: De Nora S.p.A.
    Inventors: Vincenzo Antonucci, Antonino Arico'
  • Polymeric membrane electrochemical cell operating at temperatures above 100.degree. C.
    Patent number: 6156184
    Abstract: A proton exchange membrane comprising a perfluorosulfonic acid having silica particles embedded therein at a concentration of 0.01 to 5% by weight, said particles having a dimension of 0.001 to 10 micrometers, the membrane having a crystalline phase and an amorphous phase in a ratio adjusted by controlled thermal treatment at a temperature higher than the glass transition temperature, an electrochemical cell containing said membrane and a process for oxidizing a fuel in said electrochemical cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: De Nora S.p.A.
    Inventors: Vincenzo Antonucci, Antonino Arico'