Patent · US Expired

Method of and cell for generating hydrogen

US4235863A · kind A · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

Kernforschungsanlage Lulich Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung · DE

Inventors

Rudolf Schulten · Aachen, DE
Friedrich Behr
Helmut Wenzl · Jülich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 16, 1979
Grant date	Nov 25, 1980
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 16, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/12063
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of producing hydrogen and oxygen or oxides wherein electrolysis of n aqueous system is carried out using, in the cathode compartment of the electrolysis cell, a hydride-forming liquid metal, the resulting hydride being thermally decomposed to produce the hydrogen.

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