Patent ID: 9714472
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: C25B,H01M,Y02E

Claim:
1. An oxygen-consuming electrode comprising (1) at least one carrier in the form of a flat structure, (2) a coating with a gas diffusion layer, and (3) a catalytically active component comprising silver, silver(I) oxide, silver(II) oxide, or mixtures thereof, wherein the oxygen-consuming electrode further comprises hydrophilic pores with an entry, and a finely divided hydrophilic component having a specific surface area in the range of from 8 to 12 m 2 /g, having a mean particle diameter in the range from 20 to 100 nm and in an amount of from 100 mg to 10 g/m 2 of electrode area, on a side which faces towards liquid or an ion exchanger membrane when in operation.