Membraneless electrochemical cell and microfluidic device without pH constraint
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H01M-008/04
H01M-008/08
출원번호
UP-0085621
(2005-03-21)
등록번호
US-7635530
(2010-01-08)
발명자
/ 주소
Kenis, Paul J. A.
Wieckowski, Andrzej
Choban, Eric R.
출원인 / 주소
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
대리인 / 주소
Evan Law Group LLC
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
23인용 특허 :
21
초록▼
An electrochemical cell, comprises (a) a first electrode, (b) a second electrode, (c) a first fluid, in contact with the first electrode, and (d) a second fluid, in contact with the second electrode. The first fluid and the second fluid are in parallel laminar flow, and the first fluid has a pH dif
An electrochemical cell, comprises (a) a first electrode, (b) a second electrode, (c) a first fluid, in contact with the first electrode, and (d) a second fluid, in contact with the second electrode. The first fluid and the second fluid are in parallel laminar flow, and the first fluid has a pH different from the second fluid.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. An electrochemical cell, comprising: (a) a first electrode, (b) a second electrode, (c) a first fluid, in contact with the first electrode, and (d) a second fluid, in contact with the second electrode, wherein the first fluid and the second fluid are in parallel laminar flow,
What is claimed is: 1. An electrochemical cell, comprising: (a) a first electrode, (b) a second electrode, (c) a first fluid, in contact with the first electrode, and (d) a second fluid, in contact with the second electrode, wherein the first fluid and the second fluid are in parallel laminar flow, and the first fluid enters the electrochemical cell with a pH different from the second fluid, the cell is a galvanic cell, the cell is a fuel cell, the first fluid comprises a hydrocarbon, and the first fluid has a pH of at least 7.5. 2. An electrochemical cell, comprising: (a) a first electrode, (b) a second electrode, (c) a first fluid, in contact with the first electrode, and (d) a second fluid, in contact with the second electrode, wherein the first fluid and the second fluid are in parallel laminar flow, and the first fluid enters the electrochemical cell with a pH different from the second fluid, the cell is a galvanic cell, the cell is a fuel cell, the first fluid comprises a hydrocarbon, and the first fluid has a pH of at least 9. 3. An electrochemical cell, comprising: (a) a first electrode, (b) a second electrode, (c) a first fluid, in contact with the first electrode, and (d) a second fluid, in contact with the second electrode, wherein the first fluid and the second fluid are in parallel laminar flow, and the first fluid enters the electrochemical cell with a pH different from the second fluid, the cell is a galvanic cell, the cell is a fuel cell, and the electrochemical cell produces a precipitate. 4. A fuel cell, comprising: (a) an anode, (b) a cathode, (c) an anodic fluid, in contact with the anode, and (d) a cathodic fluid, in contact with the cathode, wherein the anodic fluid and the cathodic fluid are in parallel laminar flow, and at least one of the anodic fluid and the cathodic fluid enters the fuel cell with a pH above 7.5, wherein fuel for the fuel cell comprises a hydrocarbon. 5. The electrochemical cell of claim 4, wherein at least one of the anodic fluid and the cathodic fluid has a pH above 9.0. 6. The fuel cell of claim 4, wherein the hydrocarbon is methanol, ethanol or formic acid. 7. The fuel cell of claim 4, further comprising an enzyme in contact with the anode, the cathode, or both the anode and the cathode. 8. The fuel cell of claim 4, wherein the fuel cell produces a precipitate. 9. A method of generating electricity, comprising: flowing a first and second liquid through a channel in parallel laminar flow; wherein the first fluid is in contact with a first electrode and the second liquid is in contact with a second electrode, complementary half cell reactions take place at the first and the second electrodes, respectively, and a precipitate is produced. 10. The electrochemical cell of claim 1, wherein a difference in the pH of the first fluid and the pH of the second fluid is at least 0.1. 11. The electrochemical cell of claim 2, wherein a difference in the pH of the first fluid and the pH of the second fluid is at least 0.1. 12. The electrochemical cell of claim 3, wherein a difference in the pH of the first fluid and the pH of the second fluid is at least 0.1. 13. The electrochemical cell of claim 1, wherein the first electrode is an anode and the second electrode is a cathode. 14. The electrochemical cell of claim 2, wherein the first electrode is a an anode and the second electrode is a cathode. 15. The electrochemical cell of claim 3, wherein the first electrode is a an anode and the second electrode is a cathode. 16. The electrochemical cell of claim 1, wherein the hydrocarbon is methanol, ethanol or formic acid. 17. The electrochemical cell of claim 2, wherein the hydrocarbon is methanol, ethanol, or formic acid.
연구과제 타임라인
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
LOADING...
이 특허에 인용된 특허 (21)
Licht Stuart (Charlton City MA) Peramunage Dharmasena (Oxford MA), Aluminum and sulfur electrochemical batteries and cells.
Brokman Avner (Jerusalem ILX) Goldstein Jonathan (Jerusalem ILX), Electrodes for metal/air batteries and fuel cells and metal/air batteries incorporating the same.
Gerhard Konrad DE; Josef Zieger DE; Arnold Lamm DE; Wolfgang Von Schwerin DE; Karl-Ernst Noreikat DE, Fuel cell system and method for supplying electric power in a motor vehicle.
Tytgat Daniel (Brussels BEX) Reignier Marianne (Nivelles BEX) Dujardin Francois (Brussels BEX), Process for the production of electricity in a fuel cell, and fuel cell.
Nezu Shinji,JPX ; Ito Naoki,JPX ; Yamada Chiaki,JPX ; Kato Michiaki,JPX ; Asukabe Michio,JPX, Solid polyelectrolyte membrane for fuel cells, and method for producing it.
Gurney, Austin L.; Lewicki, John; Satyal, Sanjeev; Hoey, Timothy, Human frizzled (FZD) receptor polypeptides and methods of use thereof for treating cancer and inhibiting growth of tumor cells.
Gurney, Austin; Lewicki, John; Satyal, Sanjeev H.; Hoey, Timothy, Methods of treating cancer by administering a soluble receptor comprising a human Fc domain and the Fri domain from human frizzled receptor.
Gurney, Austin L.; Sato, Aaron Ken; Axelrod, Fumiko Takada; Hoey, Timothy Charles; Satyal, Sanjeev H.; Mitra, Satyajit Sujit Kumar, Methods of use for an antibody against human frizzled receptors 1, 2. 5, 7 or 8.
Gurney, Austin; Lewicki, John; Satyal, Sanjeev; Hoey, Timothy, Methods of using the FRI domain of human frizzled receptor for inhibiting Wnt signaling in a tumor or tumor cell.
※ AI-Helper는 부적절한 답변을 할 수 있습니다.