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Patent No.:

US 5922487 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1999

Filed:

Oct. 06, 1995

Anode electrocatalyst for fuel cell and process of preparing same

Applicant:
Inventors:

Masahiro Watanabe, Yamanashi, JP;

Yumi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignees:

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., , JP;

Masahiro Watanabe, , JP;

Stonehart Associates, Inc., Madison, CT (US);

Attorney:

Klauber & Jackson

Primary Examiner:

Bruce F Bell

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429 44 ; 429 40 ; 204293 ; 502305 ; 502313 ; 502325 ; 502339 ; 420900 ; 420466 ;
Abstract

Disclosed is an anode electrocatalyst for a fuel cell comprising an alloy essentially consisting of at least one of tin, germanium and molybdenum, and one or more noble metals selected from platinum, palladium and ruthenium. The tin, germanium and/or molybdenum gas the ability of depressing the poisioning of the noble metal with carbon monoxide so that fuel containing a relatively high content of the carbon monoxide may be supplied to a fuel cell equipped with anode in accordance with the present invention which is otherwise liable to be poisioned.

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Watanabe, Masahiro. (1999). Anode electrocatalyst for fuel cell and process of preparing same (U.S. Patent No. 5922487). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5922487

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