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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Inventor:
David L. Carroll, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 20/02 (2006.01); B01J 20/28 (2006.01); C02F 1/02 (2006.01); C02F 1/28 (2006.01); C02F 1/46 (2006.01); F04B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 20/0285 (2013.01); B01J 20/0218 (2013.01); B01J 20/28007 (2013.01); B01J 20/28011 (2013.01); C02F 1/02 (2013.01); C02F 1/281 (2013.01); C02F 1/4604 (2013.01); F04B 37/02 (2013.01); C02F 2305/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Ion separation media are described herein employing thermoelectric materials and architectures. In some embodiments, an ion separation medium comprises a layer of inorganic nanoparticles having a Seebeck coefficient sufficient to transport ionic species in a liquid medium along surfaces of the layer in the presence of a thermal gradient.