Learn From the Experts
Dr Walther Grot the inventor of NAFION® and Dr Stephen Grot founder and president of Ion Power, invite you to join in on their up coming Tele-Conference
Presentations. These live informational presentations will be presented on various topics such as, Cost
effective MEA designs, Water Electrolysis membranes, advanced membrane durability and more. These presentations
will combine phone and web conferencing and will be conducted free of charge to all attendees.
All scheduled sessions are announced in our newsletter. Simply R.S.V.P. and you will opt into the session.
You will receive a confirmation with the dial in number numerical password for that session. Each presentation will
last for approximately 30 minutes followed by 30 minutes for your questions to be answered. To insure that topics
are covered which may apply to specific applications we encourage that desired topics be submitted in advance.
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Febuary
20, 2008
New Life International and Ion Power continue to make a difference
New Life International has once again called on Ion Power to supply 5000 membranes for water purifiers in Kenya.
Ion Power has agreed to supply its NAFION® membranes below cost in order to assist in New Life Internationals
efforts to increase production of its water purifiers, which can produce 1000 gallons of clean drinking water per
day from just the power of a single car battery. In January of 2005, Ion Power's NAFION® membranes were used to
provide relief to survivors of the Tsunami.
New Life International.
January
15, 2008
Ion Power signs agreement to distribute SGL Carbon's SIGRACET® graphite paper.
Dr Stephen Grot (President of Ion Power): "We have found that the SIGRACET® grade gas diffusion media offers the best performance in all fuel cell
applications and we have been providing this for years to our customers. We believe this venture will benefit the equipment OEMs and research institutions that have come to rely on the SIGRACET®
product for their fuel cell developments."
SIGRACET®.
December
10, 2007
Ion Power releases Fluorinated Ionomers – By Dr. Walther Grot
The author of this unique handbook on Fluorinated Ionomers is also the
inventor of the first commercial product known as NAFION®. This book
covers partially Fluorinated and Perfluorinated polymers containing sufficient
ionic groups to dominate the transport properties of the polymer. The emphasis
of this book is on the practical aspects of working with
Fluorinated Ionomers.
November
19, 2006
Superiority of Ion Power's membrane N111-IP
General Motors reports at the 2006 Fuel Cell Seminar that Ion Power's membrane, N111-IP is far superior
to Gore Select(tm) membrane and DuPont Cast film membrane as it relates to durability in a fuel cell. See full report on our
Resources Page.
May 5, 2006
Kubota Research Announces P-Wave™ MemBond™ and Collaborates With
Ion Power, Inc. to Accelerate Fuel Cell Research
Hockessin, Delaware – May 4, 2006. Kubota Research Associates, Inc., headquartered in Hockessin,
Delaware, announces P‑Wave™ MemBond™, a revolutionary waterproof bonding process for the assembly
of fuel cells, based upon the patented P‑Wave™ technology, which clears major
performance and cost obstacles to the manufacture of commercially viable fuel cells.
Visit
www.kubotaresearch.com.
April
26, 2006
Ion Power selected for an SBIR Phase
I award
Ion Power was selected for an SBIR Phase
I award during the DOE's 2006 round of competition. We are
very pleased that the DOE has selected our project to explore the
feasibility of using a new and novel approach where microbes can
generate Hydrogen from waste-water streams.
Learn more about how the technology works by clicking
here.
March 20, 2006
Buy NRE-211 and NRE-212 from Ion Power
Beginning in March 2006 you will be able
to purchase NRE-211 and NRE-212 from Ion Power. These membranes
encompass the latest results of DuPont's membrane research
developments for the performance demanding fuel cell
market. In particular the membranes are "chemically stabilized"
resulting in low fluoride ion release during fuel cell operation - a
sign of excellent durability. Also the membranes are manufactured
via a film casting process; a very cost effective manufacturing
process with excellent thickness tolerance. The membranes are
available in 1 mil (25.4 microns) and 2 mil (51 microns); i.e.
NRE-211 and NRE-212 respectively.
The membrane can be purchased in widths of
30.5 centimeters and in lengths ranging from 1 foot to 50 meters. You
can find the NAFION® NRE-211 and NRE-212 Product Bulletin on our
Resources Page.
January 9th, 2006
Ion Power unveils the first commercial fuel cell installation in the state of Delaware at its headquarters.
The 5 kW Plug Power GENCORE® is integrated into the building heating system such that all the waste heat from the fuel cell
is recovered for the heating demand of the building. The electricity is used to power a heat-pump which delivers an additional
15 kW of heat into the building under typical winter conditions found in northern Delaware. Thus the overall efficiency
of the system is approximately 200%.
The unveiling was witnessed by Governor Ruth Ann Minner
who commented “This is our most successful example of our effort to establish clean energy centers in our
state.” Senator Tom Carper and Congressman Michael Castle also spoke in support of the project
at the event. Partners in the project also in attendance were; Urie Blanton for the hydrogen supply, Plug Power for
the Fuel Cell System, Quantum Controls for the electrical installation, York International and H&R Heating for
the heat pump. For the complete press release, click here.
Click here for the video release.
September 29, 2005
Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award
Dr. Stephen Grot of Ion Power was awarded the Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award for
Innovation September 29, 2005. Pictured right are Bruce Logan and
Hong Lui of Penn State University who performed the experiments which
demonstrated the idea suggested by Grot. The patent pending process
needs more research and development dollars to bring the technology to
a commercial realization said Grot. However the opportunities are
great, leading to every local municipality having the opportunity to
make hydrogen in a cost effective way. You can see the article
in Popular Mechanics November issue by click
here.
April 22, 2005
Electrochemically Assisted Microbial Production of Hydrogen from Acetate
Scientists at Ion Power together with Penn State researchers, have invented a new way to adapt a
Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) to coax the microbes to generate hydrogen instead of electricity from biomass. The process essentially uses a microbial
fuel cell (MFC) and instead of supplying oxygen to the cell, a small voltage is applied and the microbes extract hydrogen from a biomass containing
wastewater stream. For the first time, the process enables bacteria to generate four times as much hydrogen directly out of biomass as compared to
typical fermentation processes alone.
Dr. Stephen Grot, President and Founder of Ion Power says, “Although our findings are very new and much research would be required before any commercial
implementation, our team has demonstrated a new and novel process that significantly increases the efficiency of generating hydrogen as compared to
conventional water electrolysis”
The new approach is described in a publication, “Electrochemically Assisted Microbial Production of Hydrogen from Acetate”, released online and
scheduled for a future issue of Environmental Science and Technology.
January 4, 2005
Ion Power's NAFION® membranes provide relief to the Tsunami survivors
New Life International of Indiana orders 1000 NAFION® membranes for use in its water purification systems.
We are very happy to see NAFION® help the people in Asia affected by this
tragedy. Survivors use New Life International's small electroyzer powered by a car battery removed from a flooded car to
make enough chlorine to disinfect hundreds of gallons of water at a time. Ion Power's staff reacted quickly and provided the membranes below its costs.
May 25, 2004
Ion Power is awarded US Patent 6,740,445
Ion Power is awarded US Patent 6,740,445 for the improvement of fuel cell electrodes for performance under dry air
conditions and contaminated fuel streams.
May 11, 2004
Ion Power is awarded US Patent 6,733,914
Ion Power is awarded US Patent 6,733,914 for the improvement of fuel cell membranes.
March 15, 2004
Subcontract with Delaware State University
Ion Power announced that it has awarded a cost shared subcontract to the Delaware State University. This subcontract
worth $750k over a four year period is for the study of NAFION® and platinum group metal materials recovered from
end-of-life fuel cell systems. Ion Power has a five year cooperative agreement with the Department of Energy to
conduct research and development leading to technologies associated with the recycling and recovery of these
components.
November 4, 2003
Ion Power is awarded US Patent US Patent 6,641,862
Ion Power Inc is awarded US Patent 6,641,862 disclosing the novel and cost effective approach for the manufacturer
of Ion Power's state of the art PEM catalyst coated membranes.
October 24, 2003
Wharton Business School's PHILLY-100(tm) Award
Ion Power Inc is awarded the Wharton Business School's PHILLY-100(tm) Award. This award is given to the
fastest growing privately held entrepreneurial companies located in the Greater Philadelphia region. Ion Power
demonstrated one of the fasted sustained overall revenue growth over the past 3 year period. This award
demonstrates that the Ion Power business model is one well matched to the demands of our High-Tech fuel cell industry.
September 26, 2003
Ion Power is awarded a Department of Energy Grant
Ion Power Inc is awarded a $3.3 Million Department of Energy Grant to study the recycling of spent Catalyst
Coated Fuel Cell Membranes. This award will help address an important issue sometimes overlooked when a paradigm
shifting industry comes of age. Recovery of the spent PGM's and other valuable materials from end-of-life fuel
cell equipment will ensure a sustainable industry.
January 14, 2003
Japanese Fuel Cell Project Team visits Ion Power’s facility in Bear, Delaware
This group of Japanese businessmen and government representatives, comprised of delegates from some of
Japan’s largest auto makers, power authorities, and government ministries, made Ion Power one of their
stops on a global tour of innovative companies advancing fuel cell technology.
