STUDY OF AN ALKALINE FUEL CELL WITH MATRIX AND NO PRECIOUS CATALYST

This project is related to the study of an alkaline fuel cell with matrix and no precious catalysts. Advantages of an immobilized electrolyte in a matrix are: high compactness of the cell, few electrical linkage when a serial assembly of the elements is realized, ligthening of the auxiliaries. New electrodes structure have been developed. Sponge metal permits good electrical contact between the catalyst and the nickel and no loss of the catalyst from the conductive structure is observed. Fibrous matrices which have been tried offers good electrolyte absorption capacity and for some of them, high bubble point. The fuel cell so realized has good performances, related to the lack of precious catalyst.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the European Communities Meeting on Advanced Batteries and Fuel Cells, Talence, France, April 25, 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  Commission of the European Communities

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  Brussels, B-1049,   Belgium 
• Authors:
  • Doniat, D
  • Rouget, R
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 82-101
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Commission of the European Communities
  • Publisher: Commission of the European Communities

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alkali; Catalysts; Electrodes; Electrolytes; Fuel cells; Nickel
• Old TRIS Terms: Alkalies; Contact
• Subject Areas: Energy; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387337
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Energy Research Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: EUR-8660-EN
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 1984 12:00AM