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US 5,110,693 AGranted
Electrochemical cell
AssigneeHyperion Catalysis International, Inc.
InventorsStephen O. Friend, Jaspard H. Atkins, Howard G. Tennent, Robert Hausslein
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Abstract
An improved electrochemical cell that includes a catalytic electrode on which an electrochemical reaction occurs into which is incorporated an amount of electrically conductive carbon microfibers having diameters less than or equal to 0.1 micron sufficient to enhance the electrical conductivity of the electrode.
Claims10
In an electrochemical cell comprising a catalytic electrode on which an electrochemical reaction occurs,
- the improvement wherein carbon microfibers in the form of microfiber aggregates in which individual microfibers have diameters less than or equal to 0.1 micron are incorporated in said electrode in an amount sufficient to enhance the electrical conductivity of said electrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.