AU7034398A - Fuel cell with pulsed anode potential - Google Patents

Fuel cell with pulsed anode potential

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AU7034398A
AU7034398A AU70343/98A AU7034398A AU7034398A AU 7034398 A AU7034398 A AU 7034398A AU 70343/98 A AU70343/98 A AU 70343/98A AU 7034398 A AU7034398 A AU 7034398A AU 7034398 A AU7034398 A AU 7034398A
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fuel cell
anode potential
carbon monoxide
pulsed anode
reduced
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Kaspar Andreas Friedrich
Ulrich Stimming
Wolfgang Unkauf
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Vodafone GmbH
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Mannesmann AG
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/04—Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids
    • H01M8/04223—Auxiliary arrangements, e.g. for control of pressure or for circulation of fluids during start-up or shut-down; Depolarisation or activation, e.g. purging; Means for short-circuiting defective fuel cells
    • H01M8/04238—Depolarisation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/10—Fuel cells with solid electrolytes
    • H01M8/1016—Fuel cells with solid electrolytes characterised by the electrolyte material
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/30—Hydrogen technology
    • Y02E60/50—Fuel cells

Abstract

The invention concerns a fuel cell (1) comprising an electrode-electrolyte unit (2, 3, 4) with an anode catalyst whose catalytic activity in a fuel cell is reduced by carbon monoxide and with means (5, 6) for varying the anode potential in pulsed manner such that carbon monoxide which has been adsorbed on the catalyst is oxidized. In this way, power losses owing to carbon monoxide adsorption at the anode catalyst are reduced.
AU70343/98A 1997-03-15 1998-03-12 Fuel cell with pulsed anode potential Ceased AU725835B2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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DE19710819A DE19710819C1 (en) 1997-03-15 1997-03-15 Fuel cell with anode-electrolyte-cathode unit
DE19710819 1997-03-15
PCT/EP1998/001436 WO1998042038A1 (en) 1997-03-15 1998-03-12 Fuel cell with pulsed anode potential

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AU7034398A true AU7034398A (en) 1998-10-12
AU725835B2 AU725835B2 (en) 2000-10-19

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JP (1) JP2002514345A (en)
AT (1) ATE207248T1 (en)
AU (1) AU725835B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2284589A1 (en)
DE (2) DE19710819C1 (en)
DK (1) DK0968541T3 (en)
ES (1) ES2162438T3 (en)
PT (1) PT968541E (en)
WO (1) WO1998042038A1 (en)

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ATE207248T1 (en) 2001-11-15
JP2002514345A (en) 2002-05-14
WO1998042038A1 (en) 1998-09-24
CA2284589A1 (en) 1998-09-24
PT968541E (en) 2002-04-29
ES2162438T3 (en) 2001-12-16
DE19710819C1 (en) 1998-04-02
EP0968541A1 (en) 2000-01-05
EP0968541B1 (en) 2001-10-17
AU725835B2 (en) 2000-10-19

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