Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus – product – and – With pressure equalizing means for liquid immersion operation
Patent
1997-05-21
1999-02-09
Skapars, Anthony
Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and
With pressure equalizing means for liquid immersion operation
429 42, 423448, H01M 496
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058692029
ABSTRACT:
The present invention includes a gas-permeable, hydrophilic, graphite fuel cell electrode for use in conjunction with an ionomer membrane. The fuel cell electrode includes a roughened, interstitial graphite surface enclosing micropores, upon which is deposited a catalyst for contacting an ionomer membrane. The graphite electrode has a thickness of about 40 microns.
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