TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGY - Preferred Cell: The fuel cell is at least one of a direct liquid fuel cell and a portable fuel cell. The fuel cell comprises a fuel which contains a borohydride compound.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Catalyst: In the electrocatalyst the ratio of at least one of E/Eth and P/Pth; E/Edir and P/Pdir; and E/Eund and P/Pund are at least 1.01; or the ratio of at least one of E/Eth and P/Pth is 1.1.E=electrical energy provided by an anode which comprises the electrocatalyst;P=electrical power provided (after 1 hour of operation) by an anode comprising the electrocatalyst;Eth=theoretical electrical energy provided by an anode which comprises the electrocatalyst, calculated based on the electrical energy that is provided by an anode which comprises the electrocatalyst without component (ii) at the same weight percentage as the weight percentage of the electrocatalyst used for determining E and assuming a linear relationship between the concentration of at least one metals in the anode and the electrical energy provided by the anode;Pth=theoretical electrical power provided (after 1 hour of operation) by an anode comprising the electrocatalyst, calculated based on the electrical power provided (after 1 hour of operation) by an anode which comprises the electrocatalyst without component (ii) at the same weight percentage as the weight percentage of the electrocatalyst used for determining P and assuming a linear relationship between the concentration of at least one metals in the anode and the electrical power provided by the anode;Edir=electrical energy provided by an anode which differs from the anode used for determining E only in that it comprises an electrocatalyst where component (ii) was present already during the preparation of component (i);Pdir=electrical power provided (after 1 hour of operation) by an anode which differs from the anode used for determining P only in that it comprises an electrocatalyst where component (ii) was present already during the preparation of component (i);Eund=electrical energy provided by an anode which differs from the anode used for determining E only in that it comprises an electrocatalyst which (a) comprises only component (i), (b) has the same metal concentration as the electrocatalyst which comprises component (ii), and (c) is present in an amount which provides a metal concentration in the anode which is the same as the metal concentration in the anode used for determining E;Pund=electrical power provided (after 1 hour of operation) by an anode which differs from the anode used for determining P only in that it comprises an electrocatalyst which (a) comprises only component (i), (b) has the same metal concentration as the electrocatalyst which comprises component (ii), and (c) is present in an amount which provides a metal concentration in the anode which is the same as the metal concentration in the anode used for determining P.Preferred Components: The support (i) comprises carbon. The support (i) has at least one of a specific surface area of 50-2500 m2/g and a particle size of 0.5-100 (preferably 10-75) mu m. The electrocatalytically active metals of (i) comprise at least one of Pt and Pd. The support (i) comprises at least one of Pt and Pd, calculated as metals, in a total concentration of 0.5-40 (preferably 2-10) wt.%, based on a total weight of support plus metal. The atomic ratio Pt:Pd is 10:1 to 1:10 (preferably 5:1 to 1:5). The electrically conductive material of (ii) comprises carbon. The electrically conductive material of (ii) comprises at least one of graphite, carbon black and activated carbon (preferably graphite). The electrically conductive material has a specific surface area of 5-1000 (preferably 10-30) m2/g and has a particle size of 0.5-100 (preferably 10-50) mu m. The weight ratio of (i):(ii) is 99:1 to 10:90 or 70:30 to 95:5 or 75:25 to 90:10. The electrode further comprises a binder. The binder comprises polytetrafluoroethylene. The electrically conductive particulate material comprises carbon. The electrocatalytically active metal comprises at least one noble metal. Preferred Method: In the method, steps (a) and (b) are blended in a mixer device at 500-10000 rpm for 1-10 minutes at a temperature of not greater than 60 (preferably 35) degrees C. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.