Artificial lung for electrocatalysis
AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
InventorsYi Cui, Jun Li, Steven Chu
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Abstract
An electrochemical gas conversion device is provided, that includes a flexible membrane formed in a sack-shape, where the membrane includes a gas permeable and liquid-impermeable membrane, where at least a portion of the flexible membrane is surrounded by a liquid electrolyte held by a housing, where the flexible membrane includes a gas interior, an electrically conductive catalyst coating on an exterior surface of the flexible membrane, where the flexible membrane and the electrically conductive catalyst coating are configured as a anode or a cathode, and an inlet/outlet tube configured to flow the gas to the interior, from the interior, or to and from the interior of the flexible membrane.
Claims14
1) An electrochemical gas conversion device, comprising:
- a) a flexible membrane formed in a sack-shape, wherein said membrane comprises a gas permeable and liquid-impermeable membrane, wherein at least a portion of said flexible membrane is surrounded by a liquid electrolyte held by a housing, wherein said flexible membrane comprises a gas interior;
- b) an electrically conductive catalyst coating on an exterior surface of said flexible membrane, wherein said flexible membrane and said electrically conductive catalyst coating are configured as an anode or a cathode;
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- c) an inlet/outlet tube configured to flow said gas to said interior, from said interior, or to and from said interior of said flexible membrane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.