Direct alcohol fuel cell and method for producing same
AssigneeTDK Corporation
InventorsAtsushi Sano, Satoshi Maruyama
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Abstract
The direct alcohol fuel cell of the present invention is a direct alcohol fuel cell comprising an anode 20 having an anode catalyst layer 2, a cathode 30 having a cathode catalyst layer 3, and a solid polymer electrolyte membrane 1 arranged between the anode 20 and cathode 30, the direct alcohol fuel cell generating electricity by supplying the anode 20 with alcohol and water; wherein the cathode catalyst layer 3 contains a metal complex and/or a metal complex fired product formed by firing the metal complex as a catalyst.
Claims17
A direct alcohol fuel cell comprising an anode having an anode catalyst layer, a cathode having a cathode catalyst layer, and a solid polymer electrolyte membrane arranged between the anode and cathode, the direct alcohol fuel cell generating electricity by supplying the anode with alcohol and water;
- wherein the cathode catalyst layer contains a metal complex and/or a metal complex fired product formed by firing the metal complex as a catalyst.
A direct alcohol fuel cell comprising an anode having an anode catalyst layer, a cathode having a cathode catalyst layer, and a solid polymer electrolyte membrane arranged between the anode and cathode, the direct alcohol fuel cell generating electricity by supplying the anode with alcohol and water;
- wherein the solid polymer electrolyte membrane is an anion exchange membrane;
- and
- wherein the cathode catalyst layer contains silver as a catalyst.
A method of manufacturing a direct alcohol fuel cell comprising an anode having an anode catalyst layer, a cathode having a cathode catalyst layer, and a solid polymer electrolyte membrane arranged between the anode and cathode, the direct alcohol fuel cell generating electricity by supplying the anode with alcohol and water;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- forming the cathode catalyst layer by using a metal complex and/or a metal complex fired product formed by firing the metal complex;
- and
- forming the solid polymer electrolyte membrane by plasma polymerization.
A method of manufacturing a direct alcohol fuel cell comprising an anode having an anode catalyst layer, a cathode having a cathode catalyst layer, and a solid polymer electrolyte membrane arranged between the anode and cathode, the direct alcohol fuel cell generating electricity by supplying the anode with alcohol and water;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- forming the cathode catalyst layer by using silver;
- and
- forming an anion exchange membrane by plasma polymerization, so as to yield the solid polymer electrolyte membrane constituted by the anion exchange membrane.
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