IP Library Granted Patent US 12695100
Granted Patent B2
US 12695100 · App. 18/334,471 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Catalyst for fuel cell

Inventors: Kumiko Nomura (Okazaki, JP); Rui Imoto (Fujisawa, JP); Hidetoshi Okada (Kani-gun, JP); Naoki Hasegawa (Nagakute, JP); Tomohiro Takeshita (Nagakute, JP); Kazuhisa Yano (Nagakute, JP); Kenji Yamamoto (Hamamatsu, JP); Yuko Matsumura (Iwata, JP); Yuuki Kasama (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; CATALER CORPORATION
H01M4/926
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Patent No.
US 12695100
App. No.
18/334,471
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present embodiment is a catalyst for a fuel cell including: a catalyst metal; and a carrier that supports the catalyst metal, in which an outer surface area of the carrier to an inner surface area of the carrier, which is a ratio between the inner and outer surface areas of the carrier, is 0.56 to 0.69, and a proportion of the catalyst metal supported on an outer surface of the carrier is 23% to 35%.

Claims (9)

1 . A catalyst for a fuel cell, the catalyst comprising:

a catalyst metal; and

a carrier that supports the catalyst metal, wherein:

an outer surface area of the carrier to an inner surface area of the carrier, which is a ratio between the inner and outer surface areas of the carrier, is 0.56 to 0.69; and

a proportion of the catalyst metal supported on an outer surface of the carrier is 23% to 35%.

2 . The catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier is mesoporous carbon.

3 . The catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the catalyst metal is platinum or a platinum alloy.

4 . The catalyst according to claim 2 , wherein the mesoporous carbon includes carbon particles having a pore volume of 80% or more in a pore diameter distribution of 2 nm to 10 nm with respect to a total pore volume in a pore diameter distribution of 1 nm to 100 nm.

5 . The catalyst according to claim 2 , wherein an average primary particle diameter of the mesoporous carbon is 70 nm or more and 250 nm or less.