US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Feb. 3 for "Water electrolysis cell, method of producing water electrolysis cell" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,412, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Water electrolysis cell, method of producing water electrolysis cell" was invented by Joji Yoshimura (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a water electrolysis cell capable of suppressing a deterioration in performance even when a microporous layer is provided. A water electrolysis cell includes a solid polymer electrolyte membrane, a catalyst layer, a microporous layer, and a gas diffusion layer. The microporous layer includes a carrier made of an oxide containing at least one element selected from Ti, Mn, Co, Mo, Ru, W, Nb, and Ta, and a...