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US4421626A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Binding layer for low overvoltage hydrogen cathodes

Assignee: Oxytech Systems Inc
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Filing: 1981-07-20
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Granted: 1983-12-20
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Expires: 2001-07-20
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Abstract

Abstract A cathode for use in electrolytic processes and a process for preparing such cathodes is described. The cathode comprises a cathodically active surface layer, an intermediate binding layer, and a substrate. The intermediate binding layer comprises a codeposit of a first metal selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, and mixtures thereof, and a second metal or metal oxide selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, manganese, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, indium, chromium, zinc, their oxides, and combinations thereof. The intermediate binding layer is applied to the substrate from an electroplating solution containing a soluble sulfur-containing compound, such as an alkali metal thiocyanate or thiourea. The surface layer is applied to the intermediate binding layer and comprises a codeposit of said first and second metals or metal oxides and a third metal selected from the group consisting of cadmium, mercury, lead, silver, thallium, bismuth, copper and mixtures thereof.

Inventors

  • 👤 John Z. O. Stachurski
  • 👤 Dirk Pouli
  • 👤 John A. Ripa
  • 👤 Gerald F. Pokrzyk

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 22:14
CPC Classifications
C; C25; C25B; C25B11/00; C25B11/04; C25B11/051; C25B11/073; C25B11/091

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 136 words
A cathode for use in electrolytic processes comprising a substrate material, an intermediate binding layer applied to the substrate, and a surface layer applied to the binding layer, said surface layer comprising a codeposit of a first metal selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, and mixtures thereof, a second metal or metal oxide selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, manganese, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, indium, chromium, their oxides and combinations thereof, and from about 0.5 to about 25 atomic percent of a substantially nonleachable third metal selected from the group consisting of cadmium, mercury, lead, thallium, bismuth, and mixtures thereof, said intermediate binding layer comprising a codeposit of said first metal and said second metal or metal oxide applied to the substrate from an electroplating solution containing an alkali metal thiocyanate or thiourea.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 136 words
A cathode for use in electrolytic processes comprising a substrate material, an intermediate binding layer applied to the substrate, and a surface layer applied to the binding layer, said surface layer comprising a codeposit of a first metal selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, and mixtures thereof, a second metal or metal oxide selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, manganese, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, indium, chromium, their oxides and combinations thereof, and from about 0.5 to about 25 atomic percent of a substantially nonleachable third metal selected from the group consisting of cadmium, mercury, lead, thallium, bismuth, and mixtures thereof, said intermediate binding layer comprising a codeposit of said first metal and said second metal or metal oxide applied to the substrate from an electroplating solution containing an alkali metal thiocyanate or thiourea.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 11 words
The cathode of claim 1 wherein the substrate material is nickel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 13 words
The cathode of claim 1 wherein the substrate material is a ferrous metal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 18 words
The cathode of claim 3 wherein a nickel undercoating is applied between the binding layer and the substrate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 26 words
The cathode of claim 1 wherein the first metal in the surface layer is nickel, the second metal is molybdenum, and the third metal is cadmium.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 52 words
The cathode of claim 5 wherein the molybdenum in the surface layer is present in the range of from about 0.5 to about 40 atomic percent, and the cadmium is present in the range of from about 1 to about 10 atomic percent, based on the three metals in the surface layer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 22 words
The cathod of claim 1 wherein the electroplating solution contains from about 0.1 g./l. to about 1.0 g./l. of alkali metal thiocyanate.

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