A lithium-air battery cell wherein the positive electrode includes a solid p-type electroactive organic catalyst lithium salt and a battery pack including several lithium-air battery cells. The use of a battery pack as a rechargeable battery for vehicles, such as electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles, electronic devices, and stationary power generating devices. Finally, a vehicle, an electronic device, and a stationary power generating device, including a battery pack.

A cathode in a solid oxide fuel cell containing AgPrCoO.sub.3. The operating temperature range of the cathode is from about 400° C. to about 850° C.

An anode catalyst layer for a fuel cell includes: electrode catalyst particles; a carbon carrier carrying the electrode catalyst particles; water electrolysis catalyst particles; a proton-conductive binder; and a graphitized carbon, wherein the content of the graphitized carbon in the anode catalyst layer for a fuel cell is 3-70 mass % with respect to the total mass of the electrode catalyst particles, the carbon carrier, and the graphitized carbon.

A solid oxide electrochemical cell includes a solid oxide electrolyte, an anode located on a first side of the solid oxide electrolyte, and a cathode located on a second side of the solid oxide electrolyte. The cathode includes lanthanum nickel ferrite.

Disclosed are a mixed catalyst, a method for preparing same, a method for forming an electrode by using same, and a membrane-electrode assembly comprising same, the mixed catalyst having uniform physical features within a predetermined range, which are suitable for the manufacture of an electrode and membrane-electrode assembly having desired performance and durability. The mixed catalyst comprises: a first catalyst, which includes a first support and first catalyst metal particles distributed on the first support, and has a first BET surface area and a first total pore volume; and a second catalyst, which includes a second support and second catalyst metal particles distributed on the second support, and has a second BET surface area different from the first BET surface area and a second total pore volume different from the first total pore volume.

The present invention inexpensively provides an electrode material for a fuel electrode, the electrode material having CO.sub.2 resistance and being capable of forming a fuel cell having high electricity generation performance. An electrode material for a fuel electrode, the electrode material constituting a fuel electrode of a fuel cell including a proton-conductive solid electrolyte layer, includes a perovskite-type solid electrolyte component and a nickel (Ni) catalyst component, in which the solid electrolyte component includes a barium component, a zirconium component, a cerium component, and a yttrium component, and the mixture ratio of the zirconium component to the cerium component in the solid electrolyte component is set to be 1:7 to 7:1 in terms of molar ratio.

Provided is an air electrode or water electrolysis anode showing a higher catalytic activity than carbon black and not having a risk of oxidative degradation, in particular, an air electrode or water electrolysis anode for a metal-air battery or a water electrolysis apparatus. The air electrode or water electrolysis anode includes an electron-conductive material represented by LaNi.sub.1−x−yCu.sub.xFe.sub.yO.sub.3−δ (where x>0, y>0, x+y<1, and 0≦δ≦0.4).

A porous silicon oxycarbide composite material comprises a porous silicon oxycarbide having a three-dimensional skeleton structure, and a carbon-containing material supported by the three-dimensional skeleton structure, wherein the porous silicon oxycarbide composite material has a BET specific surface area of 100 m.sup.2/g or more and an electrical conductivity of 1.0×10.sup.−6 S/cm or more.

Disclosed are a catalyst complex which may suppress cell voltage reversal in a fuel cell and a method for manufacturing the same. The catalyst complex includes a support, a first catalytic active material supported on the support and comprising a platinum component including one or more selected from the group consisting of platinum and a platinum alloy, and a second catalytic active material supported on the support and comprising one or more selected from a noble metal other than platinum and an oxide thereof, and the support includes functional groups including oxygen.

Tubular ceramic structures, e.g., anode components of tubular fuel cells, are manufactured by applying ceramic-forming composition to the external surface of the heat shrinkable polymeric tubular mandrel component of a rotating mandrel-spindle assembly, removing the spindle from the assembly after a predetermined thickness of tubular ceramic structure has been built up on the mandrel and thereafter heat shrinking the mandrel to cause the mandrel to separate from the tubular ceramic structure.