ELECTRODE CATALYST FOR FUEL CELL OF METALLIC COMPOUND

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel non-platinum group metallic compound made by molecular design so as be able to make oxidation reduction reaction on the surface of an electrode as electrode catalyst for a fuel cell.

SOLUTION: A non-platinum group metallic compound of a heterocyclic aromatic compound having a π-electron donative functional group is to be the electrode catalyst for the fuel cell. The π-electron donative functional group is either a cyano group, amino group, cyanoamino group, or carbodiimide group, a heterocyclic ring of the heterocyclic aromatic compound is either a triazine ring, tris-triazine ring, borazine ring, phosphagen ring, or thiophene ring, and a metal element of the non-platinum group metallic compound is transition metal. The above electrode catalyst is to be one of a hydrogen electrode.

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