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Methanol fuel cell

  • US 4,390,603 A
  • Filed: 05/21/1982
  • Issued: 06/28/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A methanol fuel cell comprising:

  • a positive electrode which has two major surfaces, the first major surface lying in direct contact with an oxygen-containing gas;

    a hydrogen ion- and/or hydronium ion-conductive solid film which has two major surfaces, the first major surface lying in close contact with the second major surface of said positive electrode, and which has a methanol permeability coefficient of at most 1×

    10-6 mol/(mol/l).min.cm2 ;

    a negative electrode which has two major surfaces, the first major surface lying in close contact with the second major surface of said solid film; and

    methanol fuel which lies in direct contact with the second major surface of said negative electrode.

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