TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The CCM further comprises: a thin film of non-ionic conducting precursor polymer mixed with metal or oxide catalysts deposited on both sides of a thin non-ion conducting polymer precursor membrane, where the thin non-ion conducting polymer membrane thickness is 5-40 mu , preferably 10-30 mu ; current collectors comprising a porous metal to permit smooth release of gases; and an alkaline membrane electrolyzer (AME) AME stack compressing many AMEs. In the CCM: cross-linking the membrane is in precursor form and is catalyzed on each of its sides by catalyst layers containing ionomers in precursor form, where conversion of CCM to ionic form may be performed simultaneously with the cross-linking step; the cross-linking functionality is introduced into the overall membrane structure which converts the entire alkaline membrane fuel cell non-ion conducting, precursor CCM into an alkaline membrane fuel cell anion conducting CCM cell; and the cross-linking structure is achieved by using a mixture of anion conducting ionomeric materials and chloride or bromide form, ionomer precursor material, where the CCM formed is a continuous polymer cross-linked structure in which no polymer interfaces are distinguishable. The chloride and/or bromide and/or iodide form precursor material entraps the anion conductive ionomeric materials when the cross-linked structure is formed, where the chloride and/or bromide and/or iodide form ionomer precursors are simple or branched hydrocarbon based polymers, and the branched hydrocarbon polymers have the capability to form multiple quaternary ammonium dendrimer structures to be cross-linked into the CCM structure. The CCM is incorporated in the AME to generate hydrogen and oxygen from water, where the electrolyzer requires no precious metal catalysts. The hydroxyl-anions are formed in-situ from the carbonate form during activation of the AME by an initial passage of a high current. The amine based compound mixture comprises at least two of: monoamines and/or linear diamines; free base tetrakis pyridinium porphyrin, free base tripyridinium porphyrin or free base dipyridinium porphyrin; branched polyethyleneimine or polypropylene imine dendrimers; free base tetrakis pyrrolidinium porphyrin, free base triprolidinium porphyrin or free base dipyrrolidinium porphyrin; and free base tetrakis morpholinium porphyrin, free base trimorpholinium porphyrin or free base dimorpholinium porphyrin, preferably metal based tetrakis pyridinium porphyrin, metal based tripyridinium porphyrin or metal based dipyridinium porphyrin, and monoamine and/or linear diamine, where the metal is at least one of copper, manganese, iron or cobalt. Preferred Method: In the method (M2) the hydroxyl anions are formed from the carbonate form in-situ, in the operating cell by passing cell current. The method (M2) further comprises a high current step to start formation of hydroxyl inside the cell. EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.