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US 11,028,493 B2Granted
Sustainable, facile separation of the molten carbonate electrolysis cathode product
AssigneeC2Cnt LLC
InventorsStuart Licht, Gad Licht
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Abstract
A process for the separation of electrolyte from the carbon in a solid carbon/electrolyte cathode product formed at the cathode during molten carbonate electrolysis. The processes allows for easy separation of the solid carbon product from the electrolyte without any observed detrimental effect on the structure and/or stability of the resulting solid carbon nanomaterial.
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A process for preparing an aerogel by separating electrolyte from a solid carbon/molten electrolyte mixed product removed from the cathode of a carbonate electrolysis, the process comprising:
- (i) applying a force to compress the solid carbon/molten electrolyte mixed product to remove the electrolyte, in which the force compresses the solid carbon/molten electrolyte mixed product directly on the cathode in an electrolysis chamber;
- (ii) removing the force;
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- (iii) isolating the aerogel.
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