Fuel cell with titanium-containing electrode and process of use thereof

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY, WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING A CATALYTIC FUEL ELECTRODE OF A FUEL CELL WITH A GASEOUS FUEL, THE FUEL ELECTRODE COMPRISING A POROUS, COHERENT SKELETAL MASS OF TITANIUM HAVING A POROSITY WITH THE RANGE OF 40%-75% POROSITY, THE PORES OF THE SKELETAL MASS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE MASS AND OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM SIZE, AND A PLATINUM GROUP METAL AS CATALYTICALLY ACTIVE MATERIAL DEPOSITED ON THE SURFACES OF THE PORES OF THE SKELETAL MASS, AND CONTACTING AN OXIDIZER ELECTRODE OF THE FUEL CELL WITH AN OXIDIZING GAS, THE OXIDIZER ELECTRODE AND THE FUEL ELECTRODE BOTH BEING IN CONTACT WITH AN ACID ELECTROLYTE.