Patents by Inventor Bo Ki Hong

Bo Ki Hong 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).

  • Patent number: 11349140
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antioxidant for an electrolyte membrane of fuel cells. The antioxidant may include a support including silicon dioxide and having a nanotube shape, and a metal oxide supported on the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Jun Ko, Bo Ki Hong, In Yu Park, Hyoung Juhn Kim, So Young Lee, Song I Oh
  • Patent number: 11335920
    Abstract: Disclosed are a membrane electrode assembly with a sub-gasket and a manufacturing method thereof. The membrane electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane, the sub-gasket formed in an edge region of the electrolyte membrane to surround a central region of the electrolyte membrane, and an adhesive layer formed between the electrolyte membrane and the sub-gasket and including an adhesive material and an antioxidant. The electrolyte membrane is formed to have a flat surface in a first direction, the sub-gasket extends in the first direction and a second direction vertical to the first direction, and the antioxidant includes a metal salt hydrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Jun Ko, In Yu Park, Bo Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 11302950
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an electrolyte membrane for fuel cells. The method includes preparing an electrolyte layer including one or more ion conductive polymers that form a proton movement channel, and permeating a gas from a first surface of the electrolyte layer to a second surface of the electrolyte layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sukhwan Yun, Bo Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20220093953
    Abstract: The present disclosure to an electrolyte membrane containing a polyfluorene-based ionomer, and more particularly, to an electrolyte membrane containing a polyfluorene-based ionomer which has a fluorene main chain composed of only a carbon-carbon bond and a side chain composed of a perfluorosulfonic acid group. The electrolyte membrane containing the polyfluorene-based ionomer has high proton conductivity, excellent chemical durability, excellent mechanical property, and excellent volume stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Il Seok Chae, Jong Kil Oh, Bo Ki Hong, Ki Hyun Kim, Soon Ki Kwon, Mi Jeong Kim, Han Sol Ko
  • Publication number: 20220045342
    Abstract: A fuel cell system capable of improving the chemical durability of a membrane electrode assembly by compensating for the amount of an antioxidant lost within the electrolyte membrane or electrode of the fuel cell stack in such a manner that the antioxidant is provided from an antioxidant supply device, provided in a fuel processing system and/or an air processing system, to a fuel cell stack, in preparation for a case where the antioxidant within the electrolyte membrane or electrode is lost due to the dissolution or migration characteristic of the antioxidant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Han Yu, Hyeon Seok Ban, Bo Ki Hong, Hyun Yoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11239472
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an electrolyte membrane including an antioxidant. The method may include forming a first dispersion liquid including deionized water, a first ionomer dispersion solution and an antioxidant, and forming a second dispersion liquid including the first dispersion liquid and a second ionomer dispersion solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Inyu Park, Jae Jun Ko, Bo Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20220021012
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolyte membrane for a membrane-electrode assembly, which may include a filler that is a polymer compound (oligomer) having a low molecular weight. The electrolyte membrane may suitably include an oligomeric poly(vinylpyrrolidone) compound including a sulfonic acid group. The electrolyte membrane for a membrane-electrode assembly may have improved proton conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Il Seok Chae, Bo Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20220021006
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode for a fuel cell a membrane-electrode assembly including the same, and a method of preparing the same. The electrode may include catalyst particles; and a binder in which the catalyst particles are dispersed. In particular, the binder may include an ionomer having proton conductivity and a polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM) in order to implement high oxygen permeability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Il Seok Chae, Bo Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20210395116
    Abstract: A water electrolysis system includes a water electrolytic stack, a water reservoir connected to the water electrolytic stack to supply water to the water electrolytic stack, a water circulation pump supplying the water in the water reservoir to the electrolytic stack; and a control unit configured to, during an operation stoppage of the electrolysis system, control the driving of the water circulation pump to convert the water in the electrolytic stack from an acidic condition to a neutral condition and to regulate a unit cell voltage of the electrolytic stack to a voltage such that an electrolysis reaction does not occur and a chemical state of an anode catalyst is stably maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Jung Han Yu, Ju Han Kim, Bo Ki Hong, Keun Bong Ham
  • Patent number: 11196070
    Abstract: Disclosed are a membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cells and a method of manufacturing the same. The membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cells may include an electrolyte membrane including a phosphonic acid functionalized graphene oxide in order to improve the mechanical strength and proton conductivity thereof and a method of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Industry Foundation of Chonnam National University
    Inventors: In Yu Park, Jong Kil Oh, Bo Ki Hong, Aniket Kumar, Sun Ju Song, Jae Woon Hong
  • Patent number: 11158863
    Abstract: Disclosed are a catalyst composite for a fuel cell and a method of manufacturing the same. The catalyst composite includes a support containing carbon (C), a metal catalyst supported on the support, and an ionomer binder coated on the surface of the support and on the surface of the metal catalyst. The ionomer binder coated on the surface of the metal catalyst is formed so as to be thinner than the ionomer binder coated on the surface of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sukhwan Yun, Bo Ki Hong, Jong Kil Oh
  • Publication number: 20210313610
    Abstract: Disclosed are a polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell, a membrane-electrode assembly including the same, a fuel cell and a method of manufacturing the polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell. Particularly, the polymer electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell may include ionomer layers including a voltage reversal tolerance-increasing additive including a water electrolysis catalyst and an electrical conductor and provided on a porous reinforced film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Jongkil Oh, Bo Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20210305611
    Abstract: Disclosed are an antioxidant for a fuel cell having a high degree of dispersion and/or distribution and excellent antioxidant capability and a membrane-electrode assembly including the same. The antioxidant includes a metal oxide and a sulfur- containing organic compound, for example, an organic compound including a sulfinic acid anion group (R—SO2?), adsorbed on the metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Il Seok Chae, Jae Jun Ko, Bo Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20210305612
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cells in which a plurality of porous reinforcement films and ionomer layers are continuously disposed or stacked, and a polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cells manufactured thereby. The polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cells includes the porous reinforcement films, thus having excellent mechanical stiffness and improved physical durability. Further, the polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cells includes an ionomer layer including a catalyst for decomposing peroxide configured to block gas crossover and may thus minimize performance degradation due to gas crossover and prevent an electrical short, and the polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cells makes it easy to adjust the position of the ionomer layer in the electrolyte membrane in the thickness direction and may thus effectively mitigate gas crossover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Kil Oh, Sae Hoon Kim, Bo Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20210218045
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolyte membrane for fuel cells including a catalytic composite including a catalytic particle coated with an oxygen-permeable material and a method of producing the same. The electrolyte membrane for fuel cells includes an ion transport layer including an ionomer having proton conductivity and a catalytic composite dispersed in the ion transport layer, and the catalytic composite includes a catalytic particle including a catalytic metal component having activity of decomposing hydrogen peroxide and a coating layer formed on at least a part of a surface of the catalytic particle and including an oxygen-permeable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Byoungsu Kim, Bo Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20210202971
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrolyte membrane for fuel cells that can prevent poisoning of catalysts and a method of producing the same. The electrolyte membrane for fuel cells includes an ion transport layer including an ionomer having proton conductivity, and a catalytic composite dispersed in the ion transport layer, wherein the catalytic composite includes a catalytic particle including a catalytic metal component having an activity of decomposing hydrogen peroxide, and a protective layer formed on at least a part of a surface of the catalytic particle to prevent the ionomer from contacting the catalytic metal component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Byoungsu Kim, Bo Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 11024865
    Abstract: Disclosed are an antioxidant for fuel cells and a membrane-electrode assembly including the same. The membrane-electrode assembly may have obtained greatly improved durability by using an antioxidant having a novel composition that may provide excellent antioxidant activity and long-term durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Industry Foundation of Chonnam National University
    Inventors: In Yu Park, Bo Ki Hong, Jae Jun Ko, Aniket Kumar, Sun Ju Song, Jae Woon Hong
  • Patent number: 11011766
    Abstract: A fuel cell system and a control method thereof are provided. In the system, an oxygen sensor is mounted on the anode inlet side and the anode outlet side of a fuel cell stack to measure an oxygen concentration. Based on the measured oxygen concentration, a control operation is performed on the fuel cell system to reduce the oxygen concentration on the anode side. Accordingly, the irreversible deterioration of the fuel cell occurring due to the reverse voltage of the cell during driving of the fuel cell vehicle and the cathode carbon corrosion occurring due to the inflow of air during parking are effectively reduced, thereby increasing the durability of the fuel cell and the fuel cell vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jung Han Yu, Jong Kil Oh, Gun Hyung Park, Bo Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 11005116
    Abstract: Disclosed are a membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cells having improved durability and a manufacturing method thereof. Hydrogen peroxide, from which a hydroxyl radical is generated, may be removed using an antioxidant having the structure A1-aA?aBO3-? and including strontium or samarium, thereby improving the durability of an electrolyte membrane and an electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jung Han Yu, Sukhwan Yun, Jong Kil Oh, In Yu Park, Jae Jun Ko, Bo Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20210135242
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrolyte membrane for fuel cells including a hydrogen peroxide generating catalyst and a hydrogen peroxide decomposing catalyst, the electrolyte membrane exhibiting highly improved durability, and a method of manufacturing the same. Specifically, the electrolyte membrane includes a support and a catalyst particle including a catalyst metal supported by the support, the catalyst metal including one selected from the group consisting of a first metal having catalyst activity to generate hydrogen peroxide, a second metal having catalyst activity to decompose hydrogen peroxide, and a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Byoungsu Kim, Bo Ki Hong