Apparatus for producing hydrogen, electrochemical device, method for producing hydrogen and method for generating electrochemical energy

Abstract

The invention provides an apparatus for producing hydrogen and a method for producing hydrogen which effectively produce hydrogen in the low humidity atmosphere without humidifier or dehumidifier, and an electrochemistry device and a method for generating electrochemistry energy which generate electrochemistry energy by an oxidation-reduction reaction using hydrogen. A fullerene derivative where a proton (H) dissociating group is introduced into a fullerene, is used as a composition material of a proton conductor, water is supplied to an anodein a vapor or gas state and is electrolyzed, and produced protons (H) are conducted to a cathodethrough the proton conductorand converted into hydrogen here. Moreover, hydrogen produced in such a way is decomposed into protons (H) at the cathode, the protons are conducted to the anodethrough the proton conductorand converted into water there, and then, electrochemistry energy is extracted between the cathodeand the anode