Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Liu, Jun

Amine, Khalil

Krishnakumar Jambunathan

Reinaldo Mario Machado

Khalil Amine

Sergei Vladimirovich Ivanov

Xiang-Dong Peng

William Jack Casteel, Jr

Howard P Withers, Jr

Brian Keith Peterson

Kerry R Berger

Wade Hampton Bailey, Iii

James Joseph Hart

Blaine Edward Herb

Jun Liu

Sai-Hong Andrew Lo

James Richard O'Leary

Daniel James Ragsdale

Edward Jay Cialkowski

Gennady Dantsin

Kerry Renard Berger

William Jack Casteel

Wade Hampton Bailey

The disclosure relates to new compositions comprising an, BFHanion that may be prepared chemically or electrochemically by oxidation of BFHsalts. This anion can be generated electrochemically in a voltammetry experiment, or by chemically by treatment of the (2&#x2212;) anions with powerful oxidants such as XeF2 or NO2(+) salts. The new compositions can be used as 1 electron chemical oxidants and in electrochemical cells such as lithium ion batteries where their formation at elevated potential can serve to limit the upper limit of voltage during the overcharge of such a cell.

Dodecaborate salt radical anion compositions and methods for making and using such compositions

An electrolytic cell and system used for making nitrogen trifluoride consisting of a computer and an electrolytic cell having a body, an electrolyte, at least one anode chamber that produces an anode product gas, at least one cathode chamber, and one or more fluorine adjustment means to maintain fluorine or hydrogen in the anode product gas within a target amount by adjusting the concentration of fluorine in said anode product gas, and the process that controls the system.

Electrolytic apparatus, system and method for the safe production of nitrogen trifluoride

The invention relates to the electrolysis of aqueous electrolyte solutions containing GeO; hydroxide and water with metal alloy electrodes, such as, copper or tin rich alloy electrodes with alloying elements such as Sn, Pb, Zn, Cu etc, to generate Germane (GeH). Cu-rich alloy electrodes have been demonstrated to increase the GeHcurrent efficiency by almost 20% compared to Cu metal electrodes. Germanium deposition has been found to be either absent or minimal by using Cu-rich alloy electrodes. Several different methods for maintaining the cell performance or restoring the cell performance after a reduction in current efficiency over time, have been identified. A titration-based method for the analysis of the electrolyte, to obtain the concentration of GeOand the concentration of hydroxide has also been disclosed.

Electrodes for electrolytic germane process

The invention relates to an improvement in a cell which is normally susceptible to damage from overcharging comprised of a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and an electrolyte comprised of an overcharge protection salt carried in a carrier or solvent. Representative overcharge protection salts are embraced by the formula:MQwhere M is an electrochemically stable cation selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, tetraalkylammonium, or imidazolium groups, and Q is a borate or heteroborate cluster and a is the integer 1 or 2.

Overcharge protection for electrochemical cells

A method for generating hydrogen in a production facility having a catalytic steam reformer, a boiler downstream of the catalytic steam reformer, optionally having a prereformer, and optionally having a shift reactor, wherein the reformer feed gas mixture is formed using a steam-containing recycle gas mixture which was formed from boiler effluent. The boiler generates steam which may be used to form the reformer feed gas mixture, used elsewhere in the production facility, and/or used for export steam.

Catalytic steam reforming with recycle

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Macungie, PA, United States of America

Krishnakumar Jambunathan