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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1994
Neal Naimer, Jerusalem, IL;
Jonathan R Goldstein, Jerusalem, IL;
Electric Fuel (E.F.L.) Ltd., Jerusalem, IL;
Abstract
The invention provides a process for preparing a gas-diffusion electrode for metal-air batteries and fuel cells of the type having a blocking layer formed from a precursor containing carbon black and particulate hydrophobic polymeric binders, comprising heating the carbon black at a temperature of about 400.degree.-1,200.degree. C. for a period of about 1-10 hours in a reducing environment, prior to the formation of the precursor, whereby hydrophilic centers in the pre-treated carbon black are minimized without increasing its corrosivity/surface area and thereby increasing the stability in concentrated KOH at high-cell operating temperatures of a blocking layer formed from the pre-treated carbon black.