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US 11,307,163 B2Granted
Carbon nanotube based reference electrodes and all-carbon electrode assemblies for sensing and electrochemical characterization
AssigneeUniversity of Cincinnati
InventorsNoe Alvarez, Daoli Zhao, I, William Heineman, Vesselin Shanov, David Siebold
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Abstract
A carbon nanotube-based reference electrode and an all-carbon nanotube microelectrode assembly for electrochemical sensing and specialized analytics are disclosed, along with methods of manufacture, and applications including detection of ionic species including heavy metals in municipal and environmental water, monitoring of steel corrosion in steel-reinforced concrete, and analysis of biological fluids.
Claims10
An electrode assembly for electrochemical sensing, the electrode assembly comprising:
- a reference electrode comprising a core portion and a plating on an exterior of the core portion,
- the core portion comprising an aligned assembly of carbon nanotube fibers;
- each carbon nanotube fiber having a diameter of at least 10 micrometers and comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes spun together;
- the core portion being metal free and binder free;
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- the plating being an Ag/AgCl plating.
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