Patents by Inventor Paola Vaccarono
Paola Vaccarono 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).
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Patent number: 9162190Abstract: A composite ionomeric membrane comprising a layer or film of a porous inert material on which a (per) fluorinated sulphonic ionomer is deposited wherein the sulphonic groups are at the end of short side chains (SSC), said ionomer having: equivalent weight comprised between 280 and 1,700 g/eq; side chains of formula: —O—CF2—CF2—S03?M+, wherein M is hydrogen or an alkaline metal; said membrane having in each of the two orthogonal directions xy of the plane, after dipping in demineralized water at 100° C. for 30 minutes and preliminary drying at 105° C. under vacuum for one hour, the following size variations: in one direction, size variation lower than 25%; in the other direction, size variation lower than 20%.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: SOLVAY SOLEXIS S.P.A.Inventors: Vincenzo Arcella, Paola Vaccarono, Alessandro Ghielmi
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Patent number: 8536237Abstract: An ionomeric membrane formed of a sulphonic (per)fluorinated ionomer wherein the sulphonic groups are at the end of short side chains (SSC), said ionomer having: equivalent weight between 700 and 1600 g/eq; side chains of formula: —O—CF2—CF2—SO3?M+, wherein M is hydrogen or an alkaline metal; said membrane having the following combination of properties: size variations, for both the orthogonal directions xy of the plane, lower than 15%, measured after dipping of the ionomeric membrane, dried at 105° C. under vacuum for one hour, in demineralized water at 100° C. for 30 minutes; the membrane, dipped at the temperature of 50° C. for 22 hours in a water/ethanol mixture containing 40% by weight of alcohol, remains integral.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2006Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Solvay Solexis S.p.A.Inventors: Alessandro Ghielmi, Paola Vaccarono, Vincenzo Arcella
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Patent number: 8268464Abstract: CCM formed of a membrane having on one of the two surfaces a first electrocatalytic layer containing a catalyst and on the other one a second electrocatalytic layer containing a catalyst, said electrocatalytic layers and said membrane containing (per)fluorinated ionomers, said CCM having the following characteristics: size variations, for both the orthogonal directions of the plane xy, lower than 15%, by dipping the CCM, after drying at 105° C. under vacuum for one hour in demineralized water at 100° C. for 30 minutes; the CCM remains substantially unchanged after having been subjected to treatments of 60 cycles by dipping in water at 80° C. for 8 hours and then in water at the temperature of 25° C. for 16 hours.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Solvay Solexis S.p.A.Inventors: Vincenzo Arcella, Alessandro Ghielmi, Paola Vaccarono, Luca Merlo
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Publication number: 20120128868Abstract: A composite ionomeric membrane comprising a layer or film of a porous inert material on which a (per) fluorinated sulphonic ionomer is deposited wherein the sulphonic groups are at the end of short side chains (SSC), said ionomer having: equivalent weight comprised between 280 and 1,700 g/eq; side chains of formula: —O—CF2—CF2—SO3—M+, wherein M is hydrogen or an alkaline metal; said membrane having in each of the two orthogonal directions xy of the plane, after dipping in demineralized water at 100° C. for 30 minutes and preliminary drying at 105° C. under vacuum for one hour, the following size variations: in one direction, size variation lower than 25%; in the other direction, size variation lower than 20%.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2012Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: SOLBAY SOLEXIS S.p.AInventors: Vincenzo ARCELLA, Paola Vaccarono, Alessandro Ghielmi
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Patent number: 8133927Abstract: A composite ionomeric membrane comprising a layer or film of a porous inert material on which a (per) fluorinated sulphonic ionomer is deposited wherein the sulphonic groups are at the end of short side chains (SSC), said ionomer having: equivalent weight comprised between 280 and 1,700 g/eq; side chains of formula: —O—CF2—CF2—SO3—M+, wherein M is hydrogen or an alkaline metal; said membrane having in each of the two orthogonal directions xy of the plane, after dipping in demineralized water at 100° C. for 30 minutes and preliminary drying at 105° C. under vacuum for one hour, the following size variations: in one direction, size variation lower than 25%; in the other direction, size variation lower than 20%.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2006Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Solvay Solexis S.p.A.Inventors: Vincenzo Arcella, Paola Vaccarono, Alessandro Ghielmi
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Publication number: 20110052798Abstract: CCM formed of a membrane having on one of the two surfaces a first electrocatalytic layer containing a catalyst and on the other one a second electrocatalytic layer containing a catalyst, said electrocatalytic layers and said membrane containing (per)fluorinated ionomers, said CCM having the following characteristics: size variations, for both the orthogonal directions of the plane xy, lower than 15%, by dipping the CCM, after drying at 105° C. under vacuum for one hour in demineralized water at 100° C. for 30 minutes; the CCM remains substantially unchanged after having been subjected to treatments of 60 cycles by dipping in water at 80° C. for 8 hours and then in water at the temperature of 25° C. for 16 hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: SOLVAY SOLEXIS S.p.A.Inventors: Vincenzo Arcella, Alessandro Ghielmi, Paola Vaccarono, Luca Merlo
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Patent number: 7824788Abstract: CCM formed of a membrane having on one of the two surfaces a first electrocatalytic layer containing a catalyst and on the other one a second electrocatalytic layer containing a catalyst, said electrocatalytic layers and said membrane containing (per)fluorinated ionomers, said CCM having the following characteristics: size variations, for both the orthogonal directions of the plane xy, lower than 15%, by dipping the CCM, after drying at 105° C. under vacuum for one hour in demineralized water at 100° C. for 30 minutes; the CCM remains substantially unchanged after having been subjected to treatments of 60 cycles by dipping in water at 80° C. for 8 hours and then in water at the temperature of 25° C. for 16 hours.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2006Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Solvay Solexis S.p.A.Inventors: Vincenzo Arcella, Alessandro Ghielmi, Paola Vaccarono, Luca Merlo
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Patent number: 7399791Abstract: Ionomeric membranes comprising (per)fluorinated, se-micrystalline or amorphous, ionomeric polymers, having equivalent weight (EW) from 380 g/eq to 1,800 g/eq, which used in fuel cells, under the following conditions: membrane thickness 50 ?m assembled between two electrodes catalyzed with 0.6 mg/cm2 Pt/C and treated with 0.7 mg/cm2 of Nafion®, having a 10 cm2 area; hydrogen and air feeding, both at the pressure of 0.25 MPa, both saturated with water at 80° C.; cell temperature 75° C.; for membranes formed of copolymers TFE/F2C?CF—O—(CF2)2—SO2F, give the following maximum specific power (PMAX) values, at the indicated EW values: at EW=670 PMAX higher than 0.55 Watt/cm2; at EW=830 PMAX higher than 0.66 Watt/cm2; at EW=1,160 PMAX higher than 0.50 Watt/cm2; at EW=1,600 PMAX higher than 0.32 Watt/cm2.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2005Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Solvay Solexis S.p.A.Inventors: Vincenzo Arcella, Fabio Polastri, Alessandro Ghielmi, Paola Vaccarono
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Publication number: 20070066691Abstract: A composite ionomeric membrane comprising a layer or film of a porous inert material on which a (per) fluorinated sulphonic ionomer is deposited wherein the sulphonic groups are at the end of short side chains (SSC), said ionomer having: equivalent weight comprised between 280 and 1,700 g/eq; side chains of formula: —O—CF2—CF2—S03?M+, wherein M is hydrogen or an alkaline metal; said membrane having in each of the two orthogonal directions xy of the plane, after dipping in demineralized water at 100° C. for 30 minutes and preliminary drying at 105° C. under vacuum for one hour, the following size variations: in one direction, size variation lower than 25%; in the other direction, size variation lower than 20%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventors: Vincenzo Arcella, Paola Vaccarono, Alessandro Ghielmi
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Publication number: 20060223894Abstract: An ionomeric membrane formed of a sulphonic (per)fluorinated ionomer wherein the sulphonic groups are at the end of short side chains (SSC), said ionomer having: equivalent weight between 700 and 1600 g/eq; side chains of formula: —O—CF2—CF2—SO331 M+, wherein M is hydrogen or an alkaline metal; said membrane having the following combination of properties: size variations, for both the orthogonal directions xy of the plane, lower than 15%, measured after dipping of the ionomeric membrane, dried at 105° C. under vacuum for one hour, in demineralized water at 100° C. for 30 minutes; the membrane, dipped at the temperature of 50° C. for 22 hours in a water/ethanol mixture containing 40% by weight of alcohol, remains integral.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2006Publication date: October 5, 2006Inventors: Alessandro Ghielmi, Paola Vaccarono, Vincenzo Arcella
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Publication number: 20060216564Abstract: CCM formed of a membrane having on one of the two surfaces a first electrocatalytic layer containing a catalyst and on the other one a second electrocatalytic layer containing a catalyst, said electrocatalytic layers and said membrane containing (per)fluorinated ionomers, said CCM having the following characteristics: size variations, for both the orthogonal directions of the plane xy, lower than 15%, by dipping the CCM, after drying at 105° C. under vacuum for one hour in demineralized water at 100° C. for 30 minutes; the CCM remains substantially unchanged after having been subjected to treatments of 60 cycles by dipping in water at 80° C. for 8 hours and then in water at the temperature of 25° C. for 16 hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2006Publication date: September 28, 2006Inventors: Vincenzo Arcella, Alessandro Ghielmi, Paola Vaccarono, Luca Merlo
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Publication number: 20050239912Abstract: Ionomeric membranes comprising (per)fluorinated, se-micrystalline or amorphous, ionomeric polymers, having equivalent weight (EW) from 380 g/eq to 1,800 g/eq, which used in fuel cells, under the following conditions: membrane thickness 50 ?m assembled between two electrodes catalyzed with 0.6 mg/cm2 Pt/C and treated with 0.7 mg/cm2 of Nafion®, having a 10 cm2 area; hydrogen and air feeding, both at the pressure of 0.25 MPa, both saturated with water at 80° C.; cell temperature 75° C.; for membranes formed of copolymers TFE/F2C?CF—O—(CF2)2—SO2F, give the following maximum specific power (PMAX) values, at the indicated EW values: at EW=670 PMAX higher than 0.55 Watt/cm2; at EW=830 PMAX higher than 0.66 Watt/cm2; at EW=1,160 PMAX higher than 0.50 Watt/cm2; at EW=1,600 PMAX higher than 0.32 Watt/cm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2005Publication date: October 27, 2005Inventors: Vincenzo Arcella, Fabio Polastri, Alessandro Ghielmi, Paola Vaccarono