Patent ID: 7045240

Claim:
A power generation apparatus comprising: a proton conductor unit having, as a matrix, a carbonaceous material which is mainly composed of carbon and into which proton dissociating groups are introduced, a hydrogen electrode bonded to one surface of said proton conductor unit, an oxygen electrode bonded to the other surface of said proton conductor unit, and means for supplying a hydrogen gas to said hydrogen electrode, said supplying means comprising: a hydrogen tank, a hydrogen occluding material enclosed in a hermitically sealed vessel, the hermitically sealed vessel fluidly connected to the hydrogen tank, the hydrogen emitting equilibrium pressure of said hydrogen occluding material is approximately 0.2 to 3.5 atm, and a regulator for adjusting the pressure of the hydrogen gas supplied from said hermetically sealed vessel to said hydrogen electrode to approximately 0.2 to approximately 3.5 atm, wherein said proton conductor unit includes a fullerene derivative.