Patent ID: 9340882
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: C25B,Y02E,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. Device for the electrolytic production of hydrogen from an alkaline aqueous solution, starting from dry cathode, the device comprising: two half-cell, anodic and cathodic, separated by an anionic exchange membrane whose surface in contact with the cathodic half-cell is a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA), and a source of alkaline solution in direct fluid communication with the anodic half-cell, and not the cathodic half-cell, and therefore the alkaline solution is present only in the anodic half-cell, wherein the alkaline solution contains an inorganic alkaline or alkaline earth metal at a concentration less than or equal to 2 wt %; wherein the cathode half-cell is dry and contains only the hydrogen produced by the electrolysis process.