The present specification discloses an electrochemical catalyst of core-shell structure and manufacturing method thereof. The electrochemical catalyst according to one embodiment of the disclosure provides an effect of being stable in an alkaline environment that is not lost in an aqueous solution while having a high ion exchange capacity and a method for preparing the same.

Provided is a method for producing metal nanoparticles, which enables metal nanoparticles to be more conveniently produced. The method for producing metal nanoparticles includes spraying and drying a mixture to form metal nanoparticles, the mixture containing a metal salt and at least one solvent selected from alcohols having 1 or more and 5 or less carbon atoms.

The present invention provides a method of preparing an electrocatalyst ink, the method comprising a step of contacting a dispersion with a separation material.

A membrane electrode assembly comprises an anode electrode comprising an anode gas diffusion layer and an anode catalyst layer; a cathode electrode comprising a cathode gas diffusion layer and a cathode catalyst layer; and a polymer electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode catalyst layer and the cathode catalyst layer; wherein the cathode catalyst layer comprises: a first cathode catalyst sublayer adjacent the polymer electrolyte membrane, the first cathode catalyst sublayer comprising a first catalyst supported on a first carbonaceous support and a second catalyst supported on a second carbonaceous support; and a second cathode catalyst sublayer adjacent the cathode gas diffusion layer, the second cathode catalyst sublayer comprising a third catalyst supported on a third carbonaceous support; wherein the first carbonaceous support is carbon black and the second and third carbonaceous supports are graphitized carbon.

The present specification relates to a hollow metal particle, an electrode catalyst including the same, an electrochemical battery including the electrode catalyst, and a method of manufacturing the hollow metal particle.

The present specification relates to a carrier-nanoparticle complex, a catalyst including the same, an electrochemical battery or a fuel cell including the catalyst, and a method for preparing the same.

A method for forming a corrosion-resistant catalyst for fuel cell catalyst layers is provided. The method includes a step of depositing a conformal Pt or platinum alloy thin layer on NbO.sub.2 substrate particles to form Pt-coated NbO.sub.2. The Pt-coated NbO.sub.2 particles are then incorporated into a fuel cell catalyst layer.

The present invention provides an oxygen evolution reaction catalyst, wherein the oxygen evolution reaction catalyst is an oxide material comprising iridium and tantalum: wherein the oxygen evolution reaction catalyst comprises a crystalline oxide phase having the rutile crystal structure: wherein the crystalline oxide phase has a lattice parameter a of greater than 4.510 ?; and wherein the oxygen evolution reaction catalyst has a BET surface area of at least 50 m.sup.2/g.

The present specification relates to a reinforced membrane including a porous polymer support; platinum nanoparticles that are dispersed on both surfaces of the porous polymer support and the surface in the pores; and an ion conductive polymer provided in the pores of the porous polymer support, in which the average diameter of the platinum nanoparticles is 1 nm or more and 50 nm or less.

A production method for a fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly which may include the steps of preparing a catalyst ink that contains a metal catalyst nanoparticle of 0.3 nm to 100 nm in primary particle diameter which is not supported on a support, an electrolyte resin, and a water-based solvent and forming a non-supported-catalyst containing catalyst layer by using the catalyst ink, as a catalyst layer that is included in at least one of a fuel electrode side and an oxidant electrode side in the fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly that has a fuel electrode at one surface side of an electrolyte membrane, and an oxidant electrode at another surface side of the electrolyte membrane.