Patent ID: 6939640

Claim:
An anode electrocatalyst, comprising: (a) compound selected from the group consisting of tungsten carbide, molybdenum carbide, tungsten oxycarbide, molybdenum oxycarbide, and mixtures thereof; (b) platinum, mixtures of platinum and ruthenium, or mixtures of platinum and ruthenium oxide; and (c) a metal selected from the group consisting of V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mn, Fe, Re, Co, Ni, Cu, and mixtures thereof; wherein component (a) is present in the amount of about 5 to about 99.989995 mole %, component (b) is present in the amount of about 5×10 −6 to about 70 mole %, and component (c), is present in the amount of about 0.01 to about 69.999995 mole %, where the mole percentages are calculated based on the total metals content.