Primary source of electrical energy using a mixture of fuel and oxidizer

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A solid electrolyte fuel cell capable of operating with a mixture of an oxidizer and a fuel includes a permeable catalytic electrode and an impermeable catalytic electrode separated by an electron insulating ion conducting, gas permeable solid, electrolyte. The device produces charge flow in an external circuit when the permeable electrode is exposed to a mixture including an oxidizer and a fuel such as hydrogen methane or methanol. The solid electrolyte can be a hydrate aluminum oxide primarily, of the pseudoboehemite structure and either electrode can be Pt or Pd. The solidelectrolyte can be produced by exposing a bulk aluminum surface or a deposited layer of aluminum to water or water …