发明名称 |
ELECTROCATALYST, METHODS FOR PREPARING IT, ELECTRODES PREPARED THEREFROM AND METHODS FOR USING THEM |
摘要 |
The disclosed electrocatalyst material is useful in electrodes, especially in cathodes for the reduction of oxygen or peroxide to water or hydroxide. The electrocatalyst typically comprises 0.1 to 20 weight-%, total material weight, of supported crystalline elemental gold particles with exposed (100) faces, but smaller in size than 5 nanometers. These tiny monocrystals of gold are supported on carbon black or particulate conductive ceramic-like compounds having a B.E.T. surface area of at least 50 m<2>/g, and a substantial proportion of four-electron change reactions occur when oxygen is reduced. The electrodes are made by impregnating the support material with a reducible gold compound dissolved in a polar solvent, gently evaporating the solvent, chemically reducing the gold compound in situ at a moderate temperature with a flowing reducing gas then applying the supported gold to a porous backing material. Typical gold content levels at the electrode surface are < 2 mg/cm<2>. |
申请公布号 |
EP0444138(B1) |
申请公布日期 |
1996.04.17 |
申请号 |
EP19900900488 |
申请日期 |
1989.11.17 |
申请人 |
PHYSICAL SCIENCES, INC. |
发明人 |
TAYLOR, EARL, JENNINGS;MONIZ, GARY, A. |
分类号 |
B01D53/22;B01J23/52;B01J35/00;C25B1/34;C25B11/00;C25B11/03;C25B11/04;C25B11/08;C25B11/12;C25B11/14;H01M4/86;H01M4/90 |
主分类号 |
B01D53/22 |
代理机构 |
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