Reversible electrode
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Uemachi, Yoshiko Sato, Tadashi Sotomura, Kenichi Takeyama
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Abstract
A reversible electrode of the present invention is provided, which includes an organic sulfur aromatic compound represented by the formula R(SX).sub.y (where R is an aromatic group, S is sulfur, X is a metal atom or hydrogen, and y is an integer of 2 or more) as a component so as to utilize the reversible electrochemical oxidation-reduction of sulfur atoms of the organic sulfur aromatic compound for an electrode reaction. Moreover, according to the present invention, a method for producing the reversible electrode is provided.
Claims12
A reversible electrode comprising an organic sulfur aromatic compound represented by the formula R(SX).sub.y (where R is an aromatic group, S is sulfur, X is a metal atom or hydrogen, and y is an integer of 2 or more) as a main component so as to utilize the reversible electrochemical oxidation-reduction of sulfur atoms of the organic sulfur aromatic compound for an electrode reaction;
- and an electrolyte.
A method for producing a reversible electrode mainly comprising an organic sulfur aromatic compound represented by the formula R(SX).sub.y (where R is an aromatic group, S is sulfur, X is a metal atom or hydrogen, and y is an integer of 2 or more) as a main component so as to utilize the reversible electrochemical oxidation-reduction of sulfur atoms of the organic sulfur aromatic compound, comprising the steps of:
- preparing an organic sulfur aromatic compound which is an oxidized fore of the organic sulfur aromatic compound represented by the formula R(SX).sub.y and which has at least one disulfide bond;
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- combining the organic sulfur aromatic compound having the disulfide bond and an electron-conducting material to form an electrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.