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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:
Aug. 26, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin M Halmann, Rehovot, IL;
Assignee:
Yeda Research & Development Co. Ltd., Rehovot, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204 72 ; 204 75 ; 2041 / ; 204273 ; 204274 ; 204275 ; 204277 ; 204D / ; 429111 ;
Abstract
A process for the conversion of carbon dioxide or the bicarbonate ion into useful organic compounds, such as formic acid, formaldehyde and methanol, which comprises carrying out the reduction in a photoelectrochemical cell, wherein the cathode is a p-type semiconductor, and at least part of the energy of reduction is supplied by light, including sunlight.