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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hartmut Wendt, Dieburg, DE;
Michael Gotz, Darmstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Degussa-Huls Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429 42 ; 429 43 ; 429 40 ; 324378 ;
Abstract
A fuel cell anode for the oxidation of methanol, which contains at least one platinum metal or alloys of platinum metals as the primary, catalytically active component. The anode is characterized in that it also contains transition metal complexes of phthalocyanine or substituted phthalocyanines as cocatalyst, these amplifying the catalytic effect of the platinum metals and their alloys for the anodic oxidation of methanol.