MUMBAI, India, Aug. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202518045993 A) filed by California Institute Of Technology; and Clarkson University, Pasadena, U.S.A., on May 13, for 'reactive electrochemical membrane for wastewater treatment.'
Inventor(s) include Yang, Yang; and Hoffmann, Michael R.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 22, under issue no. 34/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Aspects of the invention include a porous and water-permeable electrode for electrocatalysis comprising: a porous and water-permeable reactive electrochemical membrane ("REM") comprising: a porous and water-permeable support membrane; wherein the support membrane comprises a titanium metal; and an electrocatalytic coating on at least a portion of the metal support membrane, the electrocatalytic coating being a tin oxide bilayer comprising: a first layer adjacent to and directly contacting the metal support membrane; wherein the first layer comprises tin oxide doped with antimony; and a second layer adjacent to and directly contacting the first layer; wherein the second layer forms a surface of the REM such that the second layer is in direct contact with an aqueous solution when the REM is in contact with the aqueous solution; wherein the second layer comprises tin oxide doped with antimony and nickel or cerium. Preferably, the support membrane is formed of a titanium metal."
The patent application was internationally filed on June 25, 2020, under International application No.PCT/US2020/039553.
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