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US 2023/0155136 A1Published application
Hierarchical networks for optimal or improved delivery of fluid to porous electrochemical / chemical media
AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
InventorKyle Christopher Smith
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a porous device, comprising a porous material, and a hierarchical network of flow channels defined in the porous material, wherein at least one flow channel in the hierarchical network of flow channels has a shape that at least partially approximates a cube-root profile or a quartic-root profile. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A porous device, comprising:
- a porous material;
- and
- a hierarchical network of flow channels defined in the porous material, wherein at least one flow channel in the hierarchical network of flow channels has a shape that at least partially approximates a cube-root profile or a quartic-root profile.
A method, comprising:
- obtaining a first porous electrode;
- and
- embedding a hierarchy of flow channels in a surface of the first porous electrode, wherein at least one flow channel in the hierarchy of flow channels comprises a tapered profile or a linear or straight profile.
A system, comprising:
- a pair of porous electrodes;
- and
- a separator disposed between the pair of porous electrodes, wherein each porous electrode of the pair of porous electrodes comprises a hierarchical network of interdigitated flow channels, and wherein each of the flow channels comprises a tapered profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.