Patent 7858244 was granted and assigned to Toyota on December, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A fuel cell that uses alcohol as a fuel and including an electrolyte, and an anode and a cathode that are disposed across the electrolyte. The anode of the fuel cell contains a first particle that catalyzes the degradation of alcohol, and a second particle that catalyzes the degradation of aldehyde.