Cell and power generation method
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsShinji Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Watanabe
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Abstract
A cell comprising an acidic medium, a first electrode which is disposed in the acidic medium, a basic medium which is kept in contact with the acidic medium, and a second electrode which is disposed in the basic medium, wherein the acidic medium contains a first substance which causes a reaction of removing electrons from the first electrode, accompanied by hydrogen ions contained therein, and the basic medium contains a second substance which causes a reaction of donating electrons to the second electrode, accompanied by hydroxide ions contained therein, and a method of power generation using the cell.
Claims13
A cell comprising:
- an acidic medium;
- a first electrode which is disposed in the acidic medium;
- a basic medium which is kept in contact with the acidic medium;
- and
- a second electrode which is disposed in the basic medium,
- wherein the acidic medium contains a first substance which causes a reaction of removing electrons from the first electrode, accompanied by hydrogen ions contained therein, and the basic medium contains a second substance which causes a reaction of donating electrons to the second electrode, accompanied by hydroxide ions contained therein,
- wherein the acidic medium is formed by an acidic aqueous solution and the basic medium is formed by a basic aqueous solution,
- and wherein the acidic aqueous solution and the basic aqueous solution have a channel structure forming laminar flows therein.
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A method of power generation by using a cell comprising:
- an acidic medium;
- a first electrode which is disposed in the acidic medium;
- a basic medium which is kept in contact with the acidic medium;
- and
- a second electrode which is disposed in the basic medium,
- wherein a first substance which is contained in the acidic medium causes a reaction of removing electrons from the first electrode, accompanied by hydrogen ions contained therein, and a second substance which is contained in the basic medium causes a reaction of donating electrons to the second electrode, accompanied by hydroxide ions contained therein, so that power is generated,
- wherein the acidic medium is formed by an acidic aqueous solution and the basic medium is formed by a basic aqueous solution,
- and wherein the acidic aqueous solution and the basic aqueous solution have a channel structure forming laminar flows therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.