Patent ID: 9537167
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E

Claim:
1. An electrochemical device comprising: a first and a second electrochemical cell; wherein the first electrochemical cell is a fuel processing cell and the second electro chemical cell is a fuel cell; further wherein the fuel processing cell further comprises an anode and one face of an A/C junction electrode; further wherein the fuel cell comprises a cathode comprising an opposite face of the A/C junction electrode and wherein the A/C junction electrode separates the fuel processing cell and the fuel cell; further comprising; a first electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and one face of the A/C junction electrode; a second electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the opposite face of the A/C junction electrode; wherein the anode comprises an anode current collector, a first anode gas diffusion layer, and a second anode gas diffusion layer disposed between the anode current collector and the first anode gas diffusion layer, wherein the first anode gas diffusion layer is disposed adjacent the first electrolyte membrane; and an A/C junction electrode disposed between the first electrolyte membrane and the second electrolyte membrane, the A/C junction electrode comprising: