Patent ID: 11920249
Assignee: JOHNA LEDDY
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC C  B  H  Y | IPC B  C  H

Claim 0:
1. An electrochemical device comprising:
a cathode comprising:
an electronically conductive substrate having a surface;
an ionically conductive and/or ionically permeable film formed on the surface of the substrate; and
a ligated lanthanide and/or actinide compound disposed in the film;

an anode; and
an electrolyte disposed between the cathode and the anode,
wherein,
the electrochemical device is adapted to employ the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the cathode during operation,
a reaction rate of the ORR reaction is increased by the ligated lanthanide and/or actinide compound, and
the ligated lanthanide and/or actinide compound comprises a fluorosulfonate anion ligand or a chelating anionic ligand.