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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2002
Masamichi Ippommatsu, Nishinomiya, JP;
Minoru Suzuki, Suita, JP;
Hirokazu Sasaki, Toyonaka, JP;
Shoji Otoshi, Sakai, JP;
Hisao Ohnishi, Osaka, JP;
Masamichi Ippommatsu, Nishinomiya, JP;
Minoru Suzuki, Suita, JP;
Hirokazu Sasaki, Toyonaka, JP;
Shoji Otoshi, Sakai, JP;
Hisao Ohnishi, Osaka, JP;
Osaka Gas Company Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The invention relates to a fuel electrode for high-temperature solid electrolyte fuel cells and a process for manufacture of the electrode. The fuel electrode of the invention is a porous element composed of a high-melting metal, such as ruthenium, osmium, rhodium or iridium, or an alloy containing the metal. The process for manufacture of the fuel electrode comprises coating an electrode material with a solution or dispersion of the high-melting metal and/or its chloride, sintering the same and finally reducing the product.