| 摘要 |
Briefly, in one aspect of the present invention, an electrode (11) is provided, which is useful as an anode in an electrochemical cell for the electrolytic generation or production of fluorine gas from molten KF.2HF electrolyte. In this application "anode" means the electrochemically-active portion of the electrode where fluorine is generated in the cell when current is applied to the electrode. The electrode comprises a current carrier, a current collector (16), and an anode (10) comprising nongraphitic carbon and is used to generate fluorine at the anodic surface of the carbon. The current carrier (13) comprises a metal sleeve (18) encircling adjacent portions of the current collector and anode, and a means (20) for uniformly applying a circumferential compression to the sleeve. The anode preferably has a cylindrical portion that is contiguously positioned next to and axially aligned with a cylindrical portion of the current collector. The current carrier provides the electrical connection between the anode and a current source. |
