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2008年10月30日に出願された、Electrodes For Microbial Fuel Cells And Microbial Electrolysis Cellsというタイトルの、出願人の同時係属の米国仮特許出願シリアル番号第61/198,027号を参照する。その開示は参照することにより本明細書に組み込まれ、その優先権を、37 CFR 1.78(a)(4)および(5)(i)に従って、本願で主張する。
本発明は、概してはバイオ電気化学(bioelectric chemical)デバイスに関し、より詳細には、バクテリア燃料電池およびバクテリア電解セルに関する。
次の刊行物は、当該技術分野の現状を表すものと確信する。
Microbial Fuel Cells: Methodology and Technology, Bruce E. Logan et al., Environ. Sci. Technol., 40(17), 5181-5192, 2006
Microbial Fuel Cells - Challenges and Applications, Bruce E. Logan & John M. Regan, Environ Sci. Tech., Vol. 40, 17
Stefano Freguia, Korneel Rabaey, Zhiguo Yuan, Jurg Keller, Non-catalyzed cathodic oxygen reduction at graphite granules in microbial fuel cells, Electrochimica Acta 53 (2007) 598-603
Hong Liu et al., Quantification of the internal resistance distribution in microbial fuel cells, Environmental Science and Technology
米国特許出願公開第20070259217号
本発明は、改善されたバイオ電気化学デバイスの提供を目的とし、より詳細には、改善されたバクテリア燃料電池およびバクテリア電解セルの提供を目的とする。
ここで図1を参照する。図1は、本発明の好ましい実施形態に従って構成され機能するバクテリア燃料電池の単純化した図であって、当該バクテリア燃料電池は、複数のアノード100(それぞれ文字Aで示す)と複数のカソード102(それぞれ文字Cで示す)を有しており、これらは、工業廃水といったような浄化されるべき液体104と液体連絡した状態になってる。図1の実施形態では、浄化されるべき水は、入口105において供給され、該入口105は、アノード100とカソード102とに形成された孔(aperture)を通じて、および、隣り合ったカソード同士の間に定められた導通路106を通じて、隣り合ったアノード100とカソード102との間に定められた一連の体積部分107と連通しており(これらは、エラストマーのシール(図示せず)などによって一緒に密封されている)、かつ、出口108と連通している。
導体110 −− 20〜200ミクロン
シート112 −− 50〜400ミクロン
生物膜成長支持体116 −− 10〜50ミクロン
孔のあいたコーティングされた導体130 −− 100〜600ミクロン
孔のあいたシート132 −− 50〜400ミクロン
生物膜成長支持体136 −− 10〜50ミクロン
取付け層138 −− 10〜50ミクロン
酸素透過性かつ液体不透過性の層140 −− 50〜500ミクロン
機械的な支持層142 −− 100〜2000ミクロン
孔のあいたコーティングされた導体170 −− 100〜600ミクロン
酸素透過性のシート172 −− 50〜400ミクロン
生物膜成長支持体176 −− 10〜50ミクロン
機械的な支持層178 −− 100〜2000ミクロン
Claims (7)
- バクテリア燃料電池およびバクテリア電解セルのうちの少なくとも一つにおいて使用するための電極であって、当該電極は、
電気回路中に電気的に連結されるように配置された金属製導電体を有し、該金属製導電体は、銅もしくは銅合金、または、アルミニウムもしくはアルミニウム合金によって形成されており、かつ、
該金属製導電体を包囲する導電性コーティングを有し、該導電性コーティングは、前記電池中のまたはセル中の液体と該導電体とを互いから相互に遮断するように機能するものである、
前記電極。 - 当該電極はまた、少なくとも一つの表面を有し、該表面は、その表面上での生物膜の成長に適しており、浄化されるべき液体と液体連絡しており、かつ、該導電性コーティングを通じて該金属製導電体と電気的に連絡している、請求項1記載の電極。
- 生物膜の成長に適した上記少なくとも一つの表面が、多数の細長いエレメントの円柱状表面によって定められており、それら細長いエレメントは、上記金属製導電体から外側に向かって概して放射状に延びており、
該金属製導電体は、該導電性コーティングによってコーティングされ、かつ、自体の長手方向の延伸に沿って、多数の細長いエレメントのうちの複数の物を束にして保持するように捩れており、かつ、
該多数の細長いエレメントは繊維を有してなり、かつ、該繊維はグラファイト繊維または導電性プラスチックから形成されている、
請求項2記載の電極。 - 生物膜の成長に適した上記少なくとも一つの表面が、導電性コーティングの表面を覆う布地によって定められている、請求項2記載の電極。
- 金属製導電体が、ワイヤー格子の形態、孔のあいた平坦なエレメントの形態、または、概して平行なワイヤーのアレイの形態になっている、請求項1記載の電極。
- 金属製導電体が、銅またはアルミニウムから形成されている、請求項1〜5のいずれか1項記載の電極。
- 導電性コーティングが、導電性プラスチックから形成されている、請求項1〜6のいずれか1項記載の電極。
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