Patents by Inventor Chih-Jer Shih

Chih-Jer Shih 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: 9005842
    Abstract: Proton exchange membrane compositions having high proton conductivity are provided. The proton exchange membrane composition includes a hyper-branched polymer, wherein the hyper-branched polymer has a DB (degree of branching) of more than 0.5. A polymer with high ion conductivity is distributed uniformly over the hyper-branched polymer, wherein the hyper-branched polymer has a weight ratio equal to or more than 5 wt %, based on the solid content of the proton exchange membrane composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tsung-Hsiung Wang, Jing-Pin Pan, Wen-Chin Lee, Yueh-Wei Lin, Ya-Tin Hsu, Chung-Liang Chang, Chih-Jer Shih
  • Publication number: 20100167101
    Abstract: Proton exchange membrane compositions having high proton conductivity are provided. The proton exchange membrane composition includes a hyper-branched polymer, wherein the hyper-branched polymer has a DB (degree of branching) of more than 0.5. A polymer with high ion conductivity is distributed uniformly over the hyper-branched polymer, wherein the hyper-branched polymer has a weight ratio equal to or more than 5 wt %, based on the solid content of the proton exchange membrane composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Tsung-Hsiung Wang, Jing-Pin Pan, Wen-Chin Lee, Yueh-Wei Lin, Ya-Tin Hsu, Chung-Liang Chang, Chih-Jer Shih
  • Patent number: 7527887
    Abstract: The invention relates to the structures of proton exchange membranes with different molecular permeabilities, especially to the proton exchange membranes suitable for the applications in Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) and with the function of recovering water from the cathode. The polymeric structures are the designs of phase separated structures of the crystalline phase and the amorphous phases, thereby limiting the swelling of the materials and the space of ionic cluster structures in nano-scale to reduce the permeability of methanol fuels On the other hand, by controlling of polymeric grafting reactions result in the reverse (from the cathode to the anode) permeability of the product water molecules on the cathode in the proton exchange materials greater than the permeability of methanol molecules in the fuels (from the anode to the cathode) due to the differences of fuel concentrations between the cathode and the anode of DMFC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Jong-Pyng Chen, Jen-Luan Chen, Chih-Jer Shih, Chih-Yuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20050181255
    Abstract: The invention relates to the structures of proton exchange membranes with different molecular permeabilities, especially to the proton exchange membranes suitable for the applications in Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) and with the function of recovering water from the cathode. The polymeric structures are the designs of phase separated structures of the crystalline phase and the amorphous phases, thereby limiting the swelling of the materials and the space of ionic cluster structures in nano-scale to reduce the permeability of methanol fuels. On the other hand, by controlling of polymeric grafting reactions result in the reverse (from the cathode to the anode) permeability of the product water molecules on the cathode in the proton exchange materials greater than the permeability of methanol molecules in the fuels (from the anode to the cathode) due to the differences of fuel concentrations between the cathode and the anode of DMFC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Jong-Pyng Chen, Jen-Luan Chen, Chih-Jer Shih, Chih-Yuan Chen