NOVELTY - A fuel cell (110) subassembly comprises an electrode layer containing a catalyst; an electronic conductor; an ionic conductor; several electronic conductor rich networks within the electrode layer; and ionic conductor rich networks within the electrode layer and interspersed with the electronic conductor rich networks, where a volume ratio of the ionic conductor to the electronic conductor is greater in the ionic conductor rich networks than in the electronic conductor rich networks.    USE - As a fuel cell subassembly (claimed) useful for producing electricity, heat, and water.    ADVANTAGE - The fuel cell subassembly has discrete ionic and electronic conductor networks that provide superior liquid and gas transport, hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, and electron ion conduction when compared with fuel cell electrodes having uniformly distributed ionic and electronic conductor materials.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for the following:    (1) making a fuel cell electrode layer involving combining ionic conductor, electronic conductor, catalyst, and solvent, where the ionic conductor comprises spheroid particles, where a majority of the spheroid particles have smooth outer surfaces and have diameters greater than 50 nm; mixing the ionic conductor, the electronic conductor, the catalyst and the solvent for a period of time to form an electrode ink; and coating the electrode ink on a substrate to form the fuel cell electrode layer; and    (2) a fuel cell electrode layer, comprising a catalyst; an electronic conductor; and a first ionic conductor; and a second ionic conductor, where the first ionic conductor is different from the second ionic conductor and the first ionic conductor and the second ionic conductor are interspersed with each other, the electronic conductor, and the catalyst within the electrode layer.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows view of fuel cell and the fuel cell basic operation.    Fuel cell (110)    First flow field plate (112)    Gas diffusion layer (114)    Electrolyte membrane (116)    Second flow field plate (119)