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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
Applicant:
Masa-aki Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Masa-aki Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/86 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The primary object of the present invention is to provide an electrode with which an efficient electrode reaction will occur. The present invention relates to a porous electrode which is an electrode composed of a porous material having electron conductivity, wherein (1) the porous material comprises a three-dimensional skeleton, (2) a substance having one or more proton affinity groups is present on all or part of the three-dimensional skeleton surface, and (3) a catalyst for separating hydrogen into protons and electrons is further included, with the catalyst being supported on the substance.