US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on July 15 for "Electrode for a membrane-electrode assembly having improved water repellency and a method of manufacturing same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,377, issued on July 15, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrode for a membrane-electrode assembly having improved water repellency and a method of manufacturing same" was invented by Su Won Seol (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yoon Hwan Cho (Seoul, South Korea) and Ju Young Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an electrode for a membrane-electrode assembly, in which a hydrophilic group and a hydrophobic portion of an ionomer are bonded to a catalyst so that the alignment of the hydrophilic group and the hydrophobic portion of the ionomer ...