Microfluidic electrolyzer for continuous production and separation of hydrogen/oxygen

A microfluidic reactor for continuous generation and in situ separation of products hydrogen and/or oxygen from water comprising:

• a substrate;
• a microchannel embedded with respect to said substrate and providing a water inlet at one end and a product outlet at the other end of the substrate;
• pair of electrodes each having at least an operative end inserted within the microchannel constituting an anode and a cathode, one ahead of the other, from the said water inlet end and maintained in direct contact with the water flowing inside the microchannel for desired electric field to generate said products oxygen and hydrogen involving electrolysis of the water;
• and
• in situ separate pathways of the produced said products hydrogen and/or oxygen free of any mixing with each other comprising:
• a first separator pathway adjacent to first of said pair of electrodes along the microchannel enabling first of said products generated by said first electrode to be immediately separated and collected ahead of second electrode of said pair of electrodes generating the other second of said products, free of any inter mixing with the first of said products;
• and
• a separate downstream pathway disposed after said second electrode generating said other second product operatively connected to the product outlet for separate collection.