Porous oxide diaphragm for alkaline electrolyses, and manufacture thereof

US4356231A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Kernforschungsanlage Lulich Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung · DE

Inventors

• Jiri Divisek · Jülich, DE
• Heinrich Schmitz · Dinslaken, DE
• Renke Hesse · Aachen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 24, 1981
• Grant date: Oct 26, 1982
• Expiry date: Jul 24, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T442/112
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A porous oxide diaphragm for alkaline electrolysis, in particular water etrolysis, consisting of an in situ oxidized metal powder layer applied onto a permeable framework-forming carrier without heat treatment before oxidation, as well as a process for the manufacture thereof and its utilization.