Patent ID: 8652704

Claim:
A direct alcohol fuel cell comprising an anode having an anode catalyst layer, a cathode having a cathode catalyst layer, and a solid polymer electrolyte membrane arranged between the anode and cathode, the direct alcohol fuel cell generating electricity by supplying the anode with alcohol and water; wherein: the solid polymer electrolyte membrane is an anion exchange membrane, the cathode catalyst layer contains silver as a catalyst, the cathode catalyst layer contains an anion exchange resin as a binder, the anion exchange resin being poly-4-vinylpyridine, poly-2-vinylpyridine, poly-2-methyl-5-vinylpyridine or poly-1-pyridine-4-ylcarbonyloxyethylene which are processed into quaternary ammonium, the cathode catalyst layer does not contain a cation exchange resin, the catalyst is bound by the anion exchange resin in the cathode catalyst layer, and the catalyst, the anion exchange resin, and the anion exchange membrane form a contact interface.