Abstract: Air-fireable thick film conductor compositions are provided. The conductor composition is a paste containing (1) an inorganic powder made from an intermetallic phase copper-aluminum powder, aluminum powder and a glass frit and (2) an inert organic liquid vehicle.

Abstract: An improved electrode having a surface mixture of nickel and porous nickel produced by applying a paste mixture of NiAl.sub.2 and Ni.sub.3 B together with a vehicle to a substrate. After burning off the vehicle and firing in air at a temperature of 450.degree. to 650.degree. C. and thereafter sintering at a temperature of 800.degree. to 900.degree. C. in nitrogen, the coating on the substrate contains Ni.sub.2 Al.sub.3, NiAl.sub.2 B and nickel together with a thin overlayer of B.sub.2 O.sub.3. After removing the intermetallic aluminum, boron and boron oxide by dissolution with sodium hydroxide, the surface of the substrate contains Raney nickel supported on a structure of nickel. The resulting electrodes can be used as cathodes in water or brine electrolysis cells.

Abstract: Thick film conductor compositions containing silver powder and lead bismuthate glass frit powder and an organic vehicle/solvent system are presented for use as grid metallizations to the n-type layers of n- on p- silicon solar cells.

Abstract: A process for making an electrode having a Raney nickel surface layer of thickness greater than 75 microns and an average porosity of at least 11%, comprising interdiffusing aluminum and nickel on a conductive metal core at a temperature of at least 660.degree. C. to form a nickel-aluminum alloy layer on the core from which layer aluminum is selectively dissolved. When used as a cathode in an electrolytic cell for producing hydrogen, chlorine and caustic from brine, the electrode exhibits low hydrogen overvoltage.