Abstract: Disclosed are a method of manufacturing a carbon support for a fuel cell catalyst, a carbon support for a fuel cell catalyst manufactured according to the method, and a catalyst for a fuel cell including the same. The method may include using various organic materials containing N and various carbon supports and thus provide excellent economic feasibility. In addition, pyridinic N and pyrrolic N of doped N can be adjusted at an optimal content ratio so that the carbon support for a fuel cell catalyst manufactured and the catalyst for a fuel cell including the same have excellent electrochemical resistance and excellent electrochemical characteristic due to an increase in an electrochemically active surface area, and excellent durability due to an increase in thermal durability.

Abstract: A lens-shaped porous support for fuel cell catalysts may improve electrochemical performance and increase mass transfer capability when the porous support is used as a carrier to support a fuel cell catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to semiconductor devices and integrated circuit packaging. In a specific embodiment, a semiconductor device with a heat spreader structure is provided. The heat spreader is configured to couple to a second layer to establish an effective thermal dissipation path for heat generated from a hot spot of a circuit. The second layer comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is coupled to the hot spot. The heat spreader comprises a third portion and a fourth portion. The third portion comprises a protrusion coupled to the first portion via a first side surface. There are other embodiments as well.

Abstract: An EM shielding structure for a semiconductor package is embedded in a through hole of a core layer of the semiconductor package. The EM shielding structure may include multiple vias formed by a copper plating operation. Additionally, a metal way surrounds the EM shielding structures and prevents, along with a dielectric material, unwanted EM radiation (passing through the vias) from emanating throughout the semiconductor package. The EM shielding structure can also take the form of an insert that is adhered to the core layer at a through hole of the core layer.

Abstract: Provided is a slot die coating device, and more specifically, a slot die coating device in which negative pressure generation is applied into a slot die and a method of using the same. The slot die coating device includes a first main body including a first surface, a second main body including a second surface corresponding to the first surface, and located to be spaced apart from the first surface by a regular interval, a main body unit including a head lip that is a space between the first surface and the second surface, and a negative pressure generation unit installed on at least one of the first main body and the second main body.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a support for a catalyst of a fuel cell. The method may include preparing an admixture including a carbon material and a cerium precursor into a reactor, providing the admixture in a reactor, raising a temperature of the reactor to a predetermined temperature, and introducing water vapor into the reactor to perform an activation reaction of the carbon material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a catalyst for a fuel cell which may not be poisoned by an ionomer. Specifically, the method includes: loading a catalyst on a support, coating a carbon layer having a predetermined thickness on the surface of the support, and exposing the catalyst to the outside by removing at least a part of the carbon layer.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of manufacturing a carbon support for a fuel cell catalyst, a carbon support for a fuel cell catalyst manufactured according to the method, and a catalyst for a fuel cell including the same. The method may include using various organic materials containing N and various carbon supports and thus provide excellent economic feasibility. In addition, pyridinic N and pyrrolic N of doped N can be adjusted at an optimal content ratio so that the carbon support for a fuel cell catalyst manufactured and the catalyst for a fuel cell including the same have excellent electrochemical resistance and excellent electrochemical characteristic due to an increase in an electrochemically active surface area, and excellent durability due to an increase in thermal durability.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a support for a catalyst of a fuel cell. The method may include preparing an admixture including a carbon material and a cerium precursor into a reactor, providing the admixture in a reactor, raising a temperature of the reactor to a predetermined temperature, and introducing water vapor into the reactor to perform an activation reaction of the carbon material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cells. The method includes (a) admixing a metal catalyst, an ionomer and a first dispersion solvent to prepare a first admixture, (b) heat treating the first admixture prepared in (a) to form an ionomer-fixed metal catalyst, and (c) immersing the ionomer-fixed metal catalyst formed in (b) in a solvent, wherein the solvent in (c) may include one or more selected from the group consisting of ethanol, propanol, and isopropyl alcohol. The membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cells manufactured by the method may have substantially improved durability.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a catalyst support includes: heat-treating a crystalline carbon support in a temperature range from 700° C. to 1100° C. under a vapor atmosphere to increase a specific surface area of the carbon support; and applying a magnetic field to the increased specific surface area of the carbon support to remove an impurity.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode for a fuel cell includes a mixing step of producing a first mixed solution by mixing a carbon support, a metal catalyst, a binder and a first dispersion solvent, a drying step of producing a first mixed solution dried body by drying the first mixed solution, a heat treatment step of heating the first mixed solution dried body, a second mixed solution production step of producing a second mixed solution by dissolving the heat-treated first mixed solution dried body in a second dispersion solvent, and a release paper coating step of producing an electrode by coating the second mixed solution onto a release paper, and then drying the second mixed solution.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cells. The method includes (a) admixing a metal catalyst, an ionomer and a first dispersion solvent to prepare a first admixture, (b) heat treating the first admixture prepared in (a) to form an ionomer-fixed metal catalyst, and (c) immersing the ionomer-fixed metal catalyst formed in (b) in a solvent, wherein the solvent in (c) may include one or more selected from the group consisting of ethanol, propanol, and isopropyl alcohol. The membrane-electrode assembly for fuel cells manufactured by the method may have substantially improved durability.

Abstract: Inductors are fabricated in core layers according to a predefined semiconductor package manufacturing process rules. The inductors provide an embedded substrate trace inductor solution. The inductors may be part of an on-chip voltage regulator or any other circuit design. The inductors provide a core spiral structure to help increase inductance, particularly using magnetic field coupling between inductors. The core layers provide thicker and heavier conductive segments for the inductors, particularly as compared to inductors fabricated in build-up layers according to the semiconductor package manufacturing process rules.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a catalyst support includes heat-treating a crystalline carbon support in a temperature range from 700° C. to 1100° C. under a vapor atmosphere to increase a specific surface area of the carbon support; and applying a magnetic field to the increased specific surface area of the carbon support to remove an impurity.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode for a fuel cell includes a mixing step of producing a first mixed solution by mixing a carbon support, a metal catalyst, a binder and a first dispersion solvent, a drying step of producing a first mixed solution dried body by drying the first mixed solution, a heat treatment step of heating the first mixed solution dried body, a second mixed solution production step of producing a second mixed solution by dissolving the heat-treated first mixed solution dried body in a second dispersion solvent, and a release paper coating step of producing an electrode by coating the second mixed solution onto a release paper, and then drying the second mixed solution.

Abstract: A release liner used for manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly includes one or more first films formed of a material having a releasing property, and a second film bonded to the first films and having a tensile strength higher than a tensile strength of the first film. The first films are formed of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) having a non-bonding property and the releasing property.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an alloy catalyst for a fuel cell is disclosed. The method for manufacturing an alloy catalyst for a fuel cell may include predetermined processes and reaction conditions, such that iridium is alloyed to platinum contained in a cathode carbon support catalyst. Accordingly, time for stabilizing charge on the carbon surface may be reduced and a metal particle size may be controlled, thereby manufacturing high quality products having uniform metal particle distribution and improved durability. In addition, corrosion of a cathode carbon support catalyst in a harsh condition such as vehicle driving may be prevented.

Abstract: Inductors are fabricated in core layers according to a predefined semiconductor package manufacturing process rules. The inductors provide an embedded substrate trace inductor solution. The inductors may be part of an on-chip voltage regulator or any other circuit design. The inductors provide a core spiral structure to help increase inductance, particularly using magnetic field coupling between inductors. The core layers provide thicker and heavier conductive segments for the inductors, particularly as compared to inductors fabricated in build-up layers according to the semiconductor package manufacturing process rules.

Abstract: Titanium suboxide (TixO2x-1) nanoparticles useful as a support for a catalyst electrode of a fuel cell, and a method for synthesizing the titanium suboxide (TixO2x-1) nanoparticles by using TiO2, a Co catalyst and hydrogen gas at a low temperature ranging from 600 to 900° C. are described Since the titanium suboxide nanoparticles show high corrosion resistance to acid and durability and have excellent thermal and electric conductivities, a catalyst electrode manufactured by using the same as a support exhibits improved catalytic activity and oxidation reduction (redox) properties.