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Transition metal complexes. Transition metal atoms and ions can act as Lewis acids, accepting electron pairs from molecules or ions with electrons to spare, (Lewis bases). Definitions: A complex ion is a metal ion with lewis bases attached through covalent bonds, a metal complex or coordination compound is the same thing, but neutral.
An electrocatalyst based on a highly electroconducting polymer and a transition metal, in which transition metal atoms are covalently bonded to heteroatoms of the backbone monomers of the polymer. The covalently bonded transition metal atoms are nucleation sites for catalytically active transition metal particles. The complex is prepared by complexing a highly electroconducting polymer with transition metal coordination ions and then reducing the transition metal ions to neutral atoms. An electrode for a fuel cell is made by impregnating an electrically conducting sheet with the catalytic complex and drying the impregnated sheet. The scope of the present invention includes such electrodes and the fuel cells that incorporate these electrodes.