Platinum-ruthenium-nickel fuel cell electrocatalyst
AssigneeSymyx Technologies, Inc.
InventorAlexander Gorer
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Abstract
A catalyst suitable for use in a fuel cell, especially as an anode catalyst, that contains platinum, ruthenium, and nickel, wherein the nickel is at a concentration that is less than about 10 atomic percent.
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A catalyst for use in electrochemical reactor devices, the catalyst containing platinum, ruthenium, and nickel, wherein the nickel is at a concentration that is less than about 10 atomic percent.
A supported electrocatalyst powder for use in electrochemical reactor devices, the supported electrocatalyst powder comprising a catalyst on electrically conductive supports, the catalyst containing platinum, ruthenium, and nickel, wherein the nickel is at a concentration that is less than about 10 atomic percent.
A fuel cell comprising an anode, a cathode, a proton exchange membrane between the anode and the cathode, and a catalyst for the catalytic oxidation of a hydrogen-containing fuel, wherein the catalyst contains platinum, ruthenium and nickel, wherein the nickel is at a concentration that is less than about 10 atomic percent.
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