Inventors:
Wen Li - Ann Arbor MI, US
Tetsuo Kawamura - Toyota, JP
Tetsuo Nagami - Nagoya, JP
Hiroaki Takahashi - Toyota, JP
John Muldoon - Saline MI, US
John A. Shelnutt - Tijeras NM, US
Yujiang Song - Albuquerque NM, US
James E. Miller - Albuquerque NM, US
Michael A. Hickner - Albuquerque NM, US
Craig Medforth - Albuquerque NM, US
Assignee:
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. - Erlanger KY
Toyota Motor Corporation - Toyota
Sandia Corporation, Operator of Sandia National Laboratories - Albuquerque NM
International Classification:
H01M 4/92, H01M 4/88, H01M 4/96, B01J 21/18, B01J 23/42
US Classification:
429523, 429 40, 502101, 502185
Abstract:
The invention relates to methods of preparing metal particles on a support material, including platinum-containing nanoparticles on a carbon support. Such materials can be used as electrocatalysts, for example as improved electrocatalysts in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEM-FCs).