University Court of the University of St. Andrews

The University Court of the University of Aberdeen

Angela Kruth

John Thomas Sirr Irvine

Cristian Savaniu

Shanwen Tao

Malcolm Todd

Donald Elliot Macphee

Richard Peter Kerwin Wells

Donald Elliot MacPhee

John Thomas Irvine

Malcolm John Todd

Richard Peter Wells

Cristian Daniel Savaniu

An anode assembly for a fuel cell, the anode assembly having an anode catalyst component, said anode catalyst component comprising both a noble metal catalyst and a photo-catalyst, and said photo-catalyst being provided for enhancing contaminant carbon monoxide oxidation upon irradiation by incident radiation; the anode assembly further comprising a current collecting means electrically coupled to the anode catalyst component and being porous to said incident radiation and fuel for the fuel cell; and a flow plate incorporating a light source for providing incident radiation.

Fuel cell

The present invention relates to a method of producing hydrogen comprising: contacting steamwith a proton conducting membranesupported on a porous redox stable substrate, through said substrate. The membraneis non-permeable to molecular gas and to oxide ions. A DC voltage is applied across an anodecoupled to the substrate side of the membrane and a cathodecoupled to its other side so as to dissociate at least part of the steam, into protonic hydrogen and oxygen at said anode. The protonic hydrogen passes through the membrane and forms molecular hydrogenat the cathode

Steam electrolysis

The present invention relates to a method of producing hydrogen comprising: contacting steam () with a proton conducting membrane () supported on a porous redox stable substrate (), through said substrate (). The membrane () is non-permeable to molecular gas and to oxide ions. A DC voltage is applied across an anode () coupled to the substrate side of the membrane and a cathode () coupled to its other side so as to dissociate at least part of the steam (), into protonic hydrogen and oxygen at said anode (). The protonic hydrogen passes through the membrane and forms molecular hydrogen () at the cathode ().

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Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Angela Kruth