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Treated solid polymer electrolyte membrane for use in a fuel cell and fuel cell including the treated solid polymer electrolyte membrane
U.S. Patent Number: 5372896
Abstract: A solid polymer electrolyte membrane is treated by brief exposure to a gas lasma prior to the inclusion of the membrane in a fuel cell as a separator between a liquid or gaseous fuel and an oxidant.
Inventors: Binder; Michael (Brooklyn, NY), Mammone; Robert J. (So. Plainfield, NJ)
Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, DC)
Application Number: 08/123,652
Issued: 1994-12-13
Expired: 2006-12-13
Classes: 429/33 ; 216/58; 216/67
Field of search: 429/33 204/192.36 156/668
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