Beijing University of Technology

Aquahydrex Pty Ltd

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Deakin University

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

University of Alabama

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The Queen's University of Belfast

The Charlotte-mecklenburg Hospital Authority

Douglas Robert MacFarlane

Patrick Craig Howlett

Maria Forsyth

Bjorn Winther-Jensen

Orawan Winther-Jensen

Rana Mohtadi

Oscar Tutusaus

Mega Kar

Alexey Izgorodin

Kenneth Richard Seddon

Daniel T Daly

Robin Don Rogers

Gabriela Gurau

Gloria Elliott

David M Foureau

Anthony Frank Hollenkamp

Stewart Forsyth

Iain McKillop

Janet L Scott

Katharina Bica

Jelena Turanjanin

Matthias Hilder

Pamela M Dean

Bryan Harry Rahmat Suryanto

Faezeh Makhlooghiazad

Hyun Gook Yoon

Hoang-Long Du

Dabin Wang

The invention provides a cathode for the nitrogen reduction reaction, comprising an electrically conductive substrate and an electrocatalytic composition on the substrate, wherein the electrocatalytic composition comprises: a support material present in one or more crystalline phases; and metallic clusters dispersed on the support material, the metallic clusters comprising at least one metal selected from ruthenium, iron, rhodium, iridium and molybdenum, wherein at least 80 mass % of the support material is present in a semiconductive crystalline phase having a conduction band minimum energy below (more positive than) −0.3 V relative to the normal hydrogen electrode (NHE).

Electrolytic composition and cathode for the nitrogen reduction reaction

A sodium electrochemical cell that supports a current density at the negative electrode of at least 500 μA/cm, the electrochemical cell comprising (i) a negative electrode and (ii) a sodium-ion ionic liquid electrolyte having a sodium-ion concentration that is no less than 75% of its saturation limit in the electrolyte, wherein the negative electrode has a solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer formed as a result of the electrochemical cell having undergone a polarisation cycle.

Electrochemical cell

Electrolytes and electrochemical cells include a novel ionic liquid having a quaternary cation and a boron cluster anion. In some versions, the boron cluster anion will be a functionalized or unfunctionalized icosahedral boranyl or carboranyl anion. Electrochemical cells have an electrolyte including the ionic liquid. In some versions, the ionic liquid is used as a solvent to dissolve an ionic shuttle salt for transport of active material, with an optional co-solvent. Methods to synthesize the ionic liquid include contacting a boron cluster salt with a quaternary salt to form the ionic liquid by a metathesis reaction.

Preparation of ionic liquids based on boron clusters

A sodium-ion electrolyte composition for use in an electrochemical cell, the electrolyte composition comprising a mixture of a phosphonium salt and a sodium salt, wherein the electrolyte composition presents as a solid up to at least 25&#xb0; C.

Sodium-ion electrolyte composition

Electrochemical cells having ionic liquid-containing electrolytes

The present invention relates to a water splitting cell having at least one electrode comprising a porous membrane, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous membrane, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode without bubble formation.

Breathable electrode structure and method for use in water splitting

Breathable electrode and method for use in water splitting

A gas permeable or breathable electrode and method of manufacture thereof. In one example there is an electrolytic cell having an electrode comprising a porous material, wherein gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of the cell via the porous material. In operation the gas is produced at the at least one electrode without substantial bubble formation. In another example there is an electrode having a porous conducting material with a hydrophobic layer or coating applied to a side of the porous conducting material. A catalyst may be applied to another side. The gas permeable or breathable electrode can be used in an electrolytic cell, electrochemical cell, battery and/or fuel cell. Gas produced at the electrode diffuses out of a cell via at least part of the electrode, separating the gas from the reaction at the electrode.

Gas permeable electrode and method of manufacture

The invention relates to a process for electrolysis comprising a cathode and an anode comprising a catalyst, both the cathode and anode at least partly immersed in an electrolyte, the process characterised in that the electrolyte at least partly inhibits further oxidation of a product formed at the anode. Typically the catalyst comprises one or more metal-(Group VIb) semiconductors, and one or more metal-(GroupVIb))-phosphorous species.

Process and catalyst-electrolyte combination for electrolysis

The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising (i) a semiconductor preferably comprising one or more metal-(Group VIb) semiconductors, and (ii) a semiconductor material having elevated phosphorous content preferably comprising one or more metal-(Group VIb))-phosphorous species.

Catalysts and methods of use

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the preparation, stabilization, and/or storage of active agents, particularly therapeutic proteins and polypeptides such as Interleukin-2.

Stabilization and storage of biological pharmaceutical compositions

Disclosed herein are ionic liquid compositions comprising active pharmaceutical, biological, and nutritional compounds, and methods of use. Further disclosed are compositions of matter including liquid ion pairs alone or in solution and their use; compositions of ionic liquids that are 'solvated,' for example, 'hydrated' and their uses.

Dual functioning ionic liquids and salts thereof

Pyrrolidinium-based room temperature ionic liquids, and phosphorus and arsenic analogues, are used as electrolytes in energy storage devices including secondary lithium batteries, supercapacitors and asymmetric battery-supercapacitors. The electrolytes preferably contain lithium ions as the charge-carrying species. The electrolytes are in a liquid state at the operating temperature.

Energy storage devices

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East Brighton, Australia

Douglas Robert MacFarlane