Sintered electrodes with electrocatalytic coating
First Claim
1. An electrode comprising a self-sustaining matrix of sintered powders of an oxycompound of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, tantalum, zirconium, vanadium, niobium, hafnium, aluminum, silicon, tin, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, lead, manganese, beryllium, iron, cobalt, nickel, platinum, palladium, osmium, iridium, rhenium, technetium, rhodium, ruthenium, gold, silver, cadmium, copper, zinc, germanium, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, boron, scandium and metals of the lanthanide and actinide series and at least one electroconductive agent, the said electrodes being provided over at least a portion of their surface with at least one electrocatalyst.
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Abstract
Sintered electrodes for electrolytic processes comprising a self-sustaining body or matrix of sintered powders of an oxycompound of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, tantalum, zirconium, vanadium, niobium, hafnium, aluminum, silicon, tin, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, lead, manganese, beryllium, iron, cobalt, nickel, platinum, palladium, osmium, iridium, rhenium, technetium, rhodium, ruthenium, gold, silver, cadmium, copper, zinc, germanium, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, boron, scandium and metals of the lanthanide and actinide series and at least one electroconductive agent, the said electrodes being provided over at least a portion of their surface with at least one electrocatalyst for electrolysis reaction and bipolar electrodes, electrolytic cells containing said electrodes and electrolytic processes using the said electrodes as anodes and/or electrodes. Oxycompounds include oxides, multiple oxides, mixed oxides, oxyhalides and oxycarbides and mixtures thereof.
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27 Claims
- 1. An electrode comprising a self-sustaining matrix of sintered powders of an oxycompound of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, tantalum, zirconium, vanadium, niobium, hafnium, aluminum, silicon, tin, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, lead, manganese, beryllium, iron, cobalt, nickel, platinum, palladium, osmium, iridium, rhenium, technetium, rhodium, ruthenium, gold, silver, cadmium, copper, zinc, germanium, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, boron, scandium and metals of the lanthanide and actinide series and at least one electroconductive agent, the said electrodes being provided over at least a portion of their surface with at least one electrocatalyst.
- 13. A bipolar electrode comprising a self-sustaining matrix of sintered powders of an oxycompound of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, tantalum, zirconium, vanadium, niobium, hafnium, aluminum, silicon, tin, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, lead, manganese, beryllium, iron, cobalt, nickel, platinum, palladium, osmium, iridium, rhenium, technetium, rhodium, ruthenium, gold, silver, cadmium, copper, zinc, germanium, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, boron, scandium and metals of the lanthanide and actinide series and at least one electroconductive agent, the said electrodes being provided over at least a portion of their surface with at least one electrocatalyst on its anodic surface and over at least a portion of its cathodic surface with a layer of cathodic material selected from the group consisting of metal carbides, borides, nitrides, sulfides and carbonitrides and mixtures thereof.
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