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Electrode substrate for fuel cell

US6048636A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Kernforschungszentrum Julich GmbH · DE

Inventors

Aristides Naoumidis · Jülich, DE
Frank Tietz · Jülich, DE
Detlev Stover · Niederzier, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 17, 1998
Grant date	Apr 11, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 17, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P70/50
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an electrode for a fuel cell which has a porous self-supporting layer and another layer with catalytic properties disposed on said self-supporting layer, the self-supporting layer has a thickness several times greater than that of the layer with the catalytic properties and consists of a cermet comprising Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 or TiO.sub.2 to which Ni is admixed.

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