De Nora S.p.a.

De Nora Permelec Ltd

De Nora Elettrodi S.p.a

De Nora Elletrodi S.p.a.

Industrie De Nora S.p.a.

Ulderico Nevosi

Antonio Nidola

Oronzio De Nora

Carlo Traini

Corrado Mojana

Paolo Rossi

Ruben Jacobo Ornelas

Ruben Ornelas Jacobo

Federico Zioni

The invention relates to the production of multilayer electrodes on valve metal substrates, through a method comprising the application in alternate cycles of a solution containing precursors of noble metals, and of a second solution containing transition metals capable of forming protective coatings. The resulting electrodes are useful in several applications, among which copper and other metal plating and the treatment of waste or tap water.

Electrode for gas evolution and method for its production

It is described an electrolysis cell wherein the anodic dissolution of metals is carried out, in particular of metals characterised by a relatively high oxidation potential, such as copper, or metals with high hydrogen overpotential, for example tin, aimed at restoring both the concentration of said metals, and the pH in galvanic baths used in electroplating processes with insoluble anodes. The cell of the invention comprises an anodic compartment, wherein the metal to be dissolved acts as a consumable anode, and a cathodic compartment, containing a cathode for hydrogen evolution, separated by a cation-exchange membrane. The coupling of the cell of the invention with the electroplating cell allows a strong simplification of the overall process and a sensible reduction in the relevant costs.

Electrolysis cell for restoring the concentration of metal ions in electroplating processes

The invention concerns an anode for gas evolution in electrochemical applications comprising a titanium or other valve metal substrate characterized by a surface with a low average roughness, having a profile typical of a localized attack on the crystal grain boundary. The invention further describes a method for preparing the anodic substrate of the invention comprising a controlled etching in a sulfuric acid solution.

Anode for oxygen evolution and relevant substrate

Anode with improved coating for oxygen evolution in electrolytes containing manganese

A new electrocatalytic coating to be applied onto a titanium matrix, suitable for oxygen evolution from acid electrolytes containing manganese and fluorides, comprising:

Anode for oxygen evolution in electrolytes containing manganese and

The invention discloses a new electrode suitable for use as an anode for oxygen evolution from electrolytes containing fluorides or fluoride-complex anions even in high concentrations. The anode of the invention comprises a titanium substrate provided with a protective interlayer resistant to the aggressive action of fluorides, and an electrocatalytic coating for oxygen evolution. The protective interlayer is made of tungsten, oxides or oxyfluorides, optionally containing metals of the platinum group in minor quantities, metallo-ceramic compounds and intermetallic compounds either per se or as mixed oxides.

Anode for oxygen evolution in electrolytes containing fluorides or

A process for the electrolytic recovery of metals from solutions containing metal ions and fluorides and/or anionic flurocomplexes in diaphragmless cells wherein the deposition of the metals at the cathodes and the oxygen evolution at the anodes is effected, the improvement comprising the use of insoluble anodes made of sintered powders of doped tin dioxide optionally provided with coating of zirconyl phosphate and metal oxides which prevents the deposition of metal oxides on the anode surface and catalyze the oxygen evolution reaction.

Process for the electrolytic deposition of metals

The present invention relates to metal anodes for oxygen evolution from solutions containing fluorides or artionic fluorocomplexes such as tetrafluoroborates and hexafluorosilicates, the anodes having a metal substrate or matrix selected in the group comprising nickel-copper alloys with a copper content in the range of 2.5 and 30% by weight, tungsten or tantalum, niobium or titanium, combinations thereof or alloys of the same with palladium, nickel or yttrium. The anodes further comprise electrocatalytic compounds for oxygen evolution dispersed in the metal matrix. In the case of nickel- copper alloys, useful electrocatalytic compounds are cerium or tin dioxides, with suitable additives, while for tungsten, cobalt added with nickel, iron, copper or palladium may be used. The same electrocatalytic compounds may be advantageously applied to said metal substrate or matrix in the form of a coating using the conventional technique of thermal decomposition of paints containing suitable precursors or by thermal deposition such as plasma-spray.

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