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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nippon Engelhard Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429 40 ; 429 44 ; 420466 ; 502331 ;
Abstract
A platinum alloy electrocatalyst, composed of a platinum-copper alloy containing 15 to 50 atomic percent of copper (the balance being platinum) and supported on a suitable carrier, shows high activity over long periods because of the enhanced specific activity of supported metal and improved maintainability of its specific surface area. Thus acid-electrolyte fuel cells using the electrode comprising such an electrocatalyst feature better output performances and longer service life than fuel cells using conventional electrodes.