Fuel cell electrode and method of making the same

Claim 1

A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FUEL CELL ELECTRODE WHICH COMPRISES INTIMATELY AND HOMOGENEOUSLY MIXING A PLASTICIZED THERMOPLASTIC RESIN, PLASTICIZED POLYETHYLENE OXIDE IN A RATION BASED UPON PARTS BY WEIGHT OF SAID THERMOPLASTIC RESIN OF BETWEEN 1-3 AND 3-1, A POWDERED ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SILVER, NICKEL, MIXTURES OF SILVER AND NICKEL, COPPER, AND GRAPHITE IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO BE DISPERSED IN A CONTINUOUS PHASE THROUGHOUT SAID INTIMATELY MIXED THERMOPLASTIC RESIN AND PALLADIUM OXIDE TO PRODUCE A PLASTICIZED MASS, SAID THERMOPLASTIC RESIN BEING INSOLUBLE IN SAID POLYETHYLENE OXIDE AND ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES, SHAPING SAID MASS TO PRODUCE A FUEL CELL ELECTRODE, AND CONVERTING SAID PALLADIUM OXIDE TO METALLIC PALLADIUM IN AN ALKALINE ELECTROLYTE.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FUEL CELL ELECTRODE WHICH COMPRISES INTIMATELY AND HOMOGENEOUSLY MIXING A PLASTICIZED THERMOPLASTIC RESIN, PLASTICIZED POLYETHYLENE OXIDE IN A RATION BASED UPON PARTS BY WEIGHT OF SAID THERMOPLASTIC RESIN OF BETWEEN 1-3 AND 3-1, A POWDERED ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SILVER, NICKEL, MIXTURES OF SILVER AND NICKEL, COPPER, AND GRAPHITE IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO BE DISPERSED IN A CONTINUOUS PHASE THROUGHOUT SAID INTIMATELY MIXED THERMOPLASTIC RESIN AND PALLADIUM OXIDE TO PRODUCE A PLASTICIZED MASS, SAID THERMOPLASTIC RESIN BEING INSOLUBLE IN SAID POLYETHYLENE OXIDE AND ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES, SHAPING SAID MASS TO PRODUCE A FUEL CELL ELECTRODE, AND CONVERTING SAID PALLADIUM OXIDE TO METALLIC PALLADIUM IN AN ALKALINE ELECTROLYTE.