EP1359634A3
Composite membrane
Abstract
A composite membrane comprising at least one ion-conducting polymer and a network of randomly orientated individual fibres, wherein there is a continuous region of the membrane at one or both of the membrane faces wherein the density of fibres is lower than the density of fibres in the membrane as a whole. Processes for manufacturing membranes according to the invention, and membrane electrode assemblies comprising membranes according to the invention.

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| WO0169705A1 | Cites | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | A | Search report | 1-16 |
| EP0875524A2 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | YDA | Search report | 20-22,26-27 |
| EP1139472A1 | Cites | European Patent Office (EPO) | XAYI | Search report | 1-15,17,23-25,28-29 |
| GB2302693A | Cites | United Kingdom | A | Search report | 18,27 |
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| JP2003346839A | Japan | A | |
| US2004009385A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
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| EP1359634A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 | |
| JP5058429B2 | Japan | B2 | |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1359634
- Application
- 32524233
Titles3
- German
- Verbundmembran
- English
- Composite membrane
- French
- Membrane composite
Classification
- CPC, 18
- C08J5/2206
- H01B1/122
- H01M8/1023
- H01M8/1039
- H01M8/1051
- H01M8/1053
- H01M8/1081
- H01M8/1083
- H01M2300/0082
- H01M2300/0094
- C08J2383/02
- H01M8/1007
- Y02P70/50
- Y02E60/50
- B01J35/59
- B01D69/1411
- B01D69/1212
- B01D69/1216
- IPC, 9
- H01M8 10
- B01D69 12
- C08J5 22
- D04H5 02
- B01D69 14
- B01J35 06
- H01B1 06
- H01B1 12
- H01M8 02
Designated states31
- Contracting states, 27
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Portugal
- Romania
- Sweden
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- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 4
- Albania
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- North Macedonia