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4301218 Bi-porous Raney-nickel electrode  
A hydrogen electrode for batteries or galvanic cells in which a first section of the electrode has relatively large pores and serves for the transport of hydrogen and a second section with...
4297419 Anode-matrix composite for molten carbonate fuel cell  
A molten carbonate fuel cell anode-matrix composite and a molten carbonate fuel cell including such composite are described. The anode-matrix material comprises carbonate electrolyte in intimate...
4293396 Thin carbon-cloth-based electrocatalytic gas diffusion electrodes, and electrochemical cells comprising the same  
This disclosure is concerned with thin gas diffusion electrodes comprising an open pore carbon cloth substrate provided with a uniform mixture of catalytic carbon particles and preferably Teflon...
4276356 Matrix member for containing fuel cell acid electrolyte  
A matrix member for carrying the acid electrolyte of a fuel cell comprised of a first layer containing a carbon material and a second layer containing a silicon carbide material. A further matrix...
4269642 Method of forming densified edge seals for fuel cell components  
A porous fuel cell component, such as an electrode substrate, has a densified edge which forms an improved gas seal during operation when soaked with electrolyte. The edges are made from the same...
4264686 Graphite felt flowthrough electrode for fuel cell use  
An improved fuel cell electrode comprising a graphite felt substrate having a thin vapor deposited graphite film coating the exterior fiber surfaces and a perforated metallic backing plate having...
4264685 Oxygen electrode of the type Pt.sub.3 MO.sub.6  
Electrode comprised of the electrocatalyst of the prototype formula Pt 3 MO 6 wherein M is Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Mg, Ca, Cu, Cd or Hg.
4252868 Fuel cell construction and method of manufacturing a fuel cell  
A fuel cell is provided which comprises a matrix layer of an electrolyte in a material which chemically and physically absorbs the electrolyte, such as a polyester fiber bonded with phenol...
4251344 Porous nickel coated electrodes  
An improved electrode having a surface mixture of nickel and porous nickel produced by applying a paste mixture of NiAl 2 and Ni 3 B together with a vehicle to a substrate. After burning off the...
4248682 Carbon-cloth-based electrocatalytic gas diffusion electrodes, assembly and electrochemical cells comprising the same  
This disclosure is concerned with improved thin gas diffusion electrodes comprising open pore carbon cloth substrates provided with a uniform mixture of catalytic carbon particles and preferably...
4242421 Electrode catalyst  
An electrode catalyst for a fuel cell comprising at least one boride of molybdenum is disclosed. The electrode catalyst is far more excellent than conventional catalysts such as platinum black in...
4240882 Gas fixation solar cell using gas diffusion semiconductor electrode  
A gas diffusion semiconductor electrode and solar cell and a process for gaseous fixation, such as nitrogen photoreduction, CO 2 photoreduction and fuel gas photo-oxidation. The gas diffusion...
4237195 Porous electrode  
An improved porous electrode for use in electrochemical cells, particularly for use in fuel cells. The electrode is of the kind comprising a porous layer containing carbon and a non-polar resin...
4232097 Fuel cell oxygen electrode  
An oxygen electrode for a fuel cell utilizing an acid electrolyte has a substrate of an alkali metal tungsten bronze of the formula: A x WO 3 where A is an alkali metal and x is at least 0.2,...
4226684 Electrode coating method  
Electrodes ultilized in electrolytic processes are coated with materials improving the electrodes by the incremental hammering of the powdered material serving as the coating on to the base...
4215184 Nickel-oxide/hydrogen battery cells  
The heat transfer in a nickel-oxide/hydrogen battery cell is substantially improved by increasing the thermal conductivity in the axial direction of the electrode stack. This improvement in thermal...
4202934 Noble metal/vanadium alloy catalyst and method for making  
A novel catalyst comprises an alloy of a noble metal and vanadium. The catalyst is particularly useful in an electrochemical cell cathode electrode. The method for making the alloy involves...
4192907 Electrochemical cell electrodes incorporating noble metal-base metal alloy catalysts  
A novel and improved fuel cell electrode includes a finely divided noble metal-base metal alloy catalyst. The catalytic activity of noble metal in the electrode is greater than the catalytic...
4186110 Noble metal-refractory metal alloys as catalysts and method for making  
Finely divided noble metal-refractory metal alloys and methods for making them are disclosed. As catalysts these alloys have greater activity than a catalyst of the same unalloyed noble metal and...
4152489 Multi-ply laminar pasted air electrodes  
An air electrode, for use in electrochemical energy cells, is made, comprising a multi-layer hydrophilic section, consisting of at least two substantially uncompacted laminated layers of plaques...
4146458 Electrochemical device having an oxygen electrode containing a pyrochlore type compound electrocatalyst  
An electrochemical device is described which has an oxygen electrode which contains a pyrochlore type electrocatalyst material. This electrocatalyst material is one or more electrically conductive...
4145314 Preparation of highly dispersed supported group VIII metal catalysts and the redispersion of sintered or agglomerated supported group VIII metal catalysts by the addition of phosphorus  
The instant invention relates to a method of preparing highly dispersed supported Group VIII metal catalysts. The instant invention further relates to the redispersion of sintered or agglomerated...
4137372 Catalyst and method for making  
The rate of platinum recrystallization of a platinum supported on carbon catalyst is reduced by depositing porous carbon on and around the supported platinum crystallites. The reduced rate of...
4137373 Platinum catalyst and method for making  
The rate of platinum recrystallization of a platinum supported on carbon catalyst is reduced and the activity of the catalyst is increased by depositing porous carbon on and around the supported...
4132620 Electrocatalytic electrodes  
Novel electrodes for electrochemical reactions in an electrolytic medium, wherein the active surface layer of the electrode contains an electrocatalytically effective amount of germanium disulfide....
4131721 Electrolytic cell having a novel electrode including platinum on a carbon support activated with a phosphorus-oxygen-containing compound  
A novel electrolytic cell is described which contains an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, each being adapted for contact with an electrolyte. At least one of the electrodes includes...
4131570 Method for the manufacture of a silver catalyst for electrochemical cells and the catalyst prepared by the method  
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a silver catalyst for electrochemical cells, wherein metallic silver is precipitated on a metal hydroxide gel by reduction of a silver salt....
4129685 Fuel cell structure  
In a stack of electrochemical cells, such as fuel cells, distinct channels behind each electrode for carrying reactant gas are eliminated by using highly porous gas distribution layers, such as...
4126934 Method for the manufacture of an electrode for electrochemical cells  
A method for the manufacture of electrodes for electrochemical cells, is provided in which a Raney rare-metal catalytic layer is disposed on a metallic support structure in layer form. According to...
4127468 Process for preparing a metal electrode  
Metal electrodes are prepared by contacting a basis-metal electrode with a solution which contains an alloying element compound, said basis-metal electrode comprising a basis-metal which is present...
4115628 Electrode comprising a nickel based catalyst for electrochemical generators  
The invention relates to an improved electrode for an electrochemical generator, said electrode enabling the electrochemical oxidation of hydrogen supplied of the interface of said electrode and an...
4115627 Electrochemical cell comprising a ribbed electrode substrate  
A ribbed electrode substrate for an electrochemical cell comprises a gas porous substrate having ribs of hydrophilic material extending across one side thereof. The other side of the substrate is...
4113923 Fuel cell including at least one improved element  
The fuel cell improved element comprises two terminal electrodes with intermediate electrodes formed by the arms of at least one pair of U- or V-shaped members engaging each other. These electrodes...
4111842 Process for the preparation of supported catalysts  
A process for preparing activated carbon supported catalysts by mixing an activated carbon support having acid surface groups with an aqueous solution containing one or more cations selected from...
4090978 Electrocatalysts and a method for the preparation thereof  
Electrocatalysts which may be used in the preparation of electrodes for electrochemical cells such as fuel cells comprise a carbonaceous pyropolymer having the surface thereof impregnated with at...
4064322 Electrolyte reservoir for a fuel cell  
An electrolyte reservoir layer disposed behind and adjacent one of the catalyst layers of a fuel cell is porous and hydrophilic to the electrolyte. In one embodiment the reservoir layer includes...
4048383 Combination cell  
A combination water electrolyzer and fuel cell for selectively storing and supplying energy while in a substantially fixed position, typically comprising a pan held in a substantially horizontal...
4038463 Electrode reservoir for a fuel cell  
An electrolyte reservoir layer disposed behind and adjacent one of the catalyst layers of a fuel cell is porous and hydrophilic to the electrolyte. In one embodiment the reservoir layer includes...
4035551 Electrolyte reservoir for a fuel cell  
An electrolyte reservoir layer disposed behind and adjacent one of the catalyst layers of a fuel cell is a porous, hydrophilic material. Excess liquid volume wicks into the reservoir layer through...
4024044 Electrolysis cathodes bearing a melt-sprayed and leached nickel or cobalt coating  
A cathode adapted for the electrolysis of water or an aqueous solution of an alkali metal halide salt because it gives prolonged lowering of hydrogen overvoltage is provided by an electrically...
4017664 Silicon carbide electrolyte retaining matrix for fuel cells  
In a fuel cell utilizing an acid electrolyte, such as H 3 PO 4 , the electrolyte retaining matrix is made from silicon carbide. The silicon carbide has been found to be virtually inert to H 3 PO...
3992278 Electrolysis cathodes having a melt-sprayed cobalt/zirconium dioxide coating  
A cathode adapted for the electrolysis of water or an aqueous alkali metal halide salt solutions because it gives prolonged lowering of hydrogen overvoltage is provided by an electrically...
3991169 Method for the production of porous carbon sheet  
A porous carbon sheet having excellent physical properties is obtained by dispersing oxidized pitch fibers in a liquid containing at least one wetting agent having at least one hydroxyl group and a...
3985578 Tailored-carbon substrate for fuel cell electrodes  
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of this invention, the polarization or overvoltage of a carbon black-based air cathode is significantly reduced by adding from 1 to 5 percent, by weight...
3977901 Metal/air cells and improved air electrodes for use therein  
Air electrodes for use in electrochemical energy cells which comprise a hydrophilic layer and a hydrophobic layer laminated thereto. The hydrophilic layer essentially comprises a hydrophilic...
3961987 Electro-catalyst and process of manufacture  
The invention relates to an electrocatalyst capable of being used, in particular, in anodes of fuel cells with acid electrolyte, and to a process for the manufacture of this electrocatalyst. The...
3956014 Precisely-structured electrochemical cell electrode and method of making same  
An electrochemical cell electrode, having clearly segregated and structured hydrophobic gas channels and electrolyte-filled catalyst channels is provided in which the size and shape of the various...
3944434 Hybrid electrode for metal/air cells  
A hybrid electrode for metal/air cells of the type having a hydrophilic layer of nickel on the electrolyte side for the precipitation of oxygen, hydrophobic layer of plastic on the gas side and a...
3935027 Oxygen-reduction electrocatalysts for electrodes  
Gas electrodes which contain a hydrophilic layer are disclosed. The hydrophilic layer is adapted to provide a gas-liquid interface therein; and includes an oxygen absorption/reduction material...
3929422 Means for recombining hydrogen and oxygen in a sealed battery and controlling recombination at catalyst surfaces  
Hydrogen and oxygen gases are safely recombined in the presence of a catalytic device which operates in two stages in a secondary battery system. Recombination continues in a controlled manner...