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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2003
Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Srinivasan Venkatesan, Southfield, MI (US);
Boyko Aladjov, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Subhash K. Dhar, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Kevin Fok, Troy, MI (US);
Thomas Hopper, Clawson, MI (US);
Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Srinivasan Venkatesan, Southfield, MI (US);
Boyko Aladjov, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Subhash K. Dhar, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Kevin Fok, Troy, MI (US);
Thomas Hopper, Clawson, MI (US);
Texaco Ovonic Fuel Cell LLC, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
Fuel cell oxygen electrode and instant startup fuel cells employing such oxygen electrode. The oxygen electrode operates through the mechanism of redox couples which uniquely provide multiple degrees of freedom in selecting the operating voltages available for such fuel cells. Such oxygen electrodes provide the fuel cells in which they are used a 'buffer' or 'charge' of oxidizer available within the oxygen electrode at all times.