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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2000
Akihiro Sakata, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Saiki, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Aikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Katayama, Okayama, JP;
Kenzo Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
An electricity leading method for a gas diffusion electrode is provided, by which a gas diffusion electrode is easily fixed to a cathode current collecting frame, the contact part has reduced electrical resistance, even an electrically insulating mesh sheet can be utilized as a gas chamber, and only the gas diffusion electrode can be replaced in renewal of the electrode. The method includes preparing a gas diffusion electrode by sandwiching a conductor made of a highly conductive metallic mesh or spongy processed material in catalyst layers or attaching a catalyst layer onto the conductor while leaving the conductor exposed in the outer periphery of the electrode, and electrically connecting the exposed part of the conductor to a cathode chamber current collecting frame.