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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:
Dec. 21, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick G Grimes, Westfield, NJ (US);
Richard J Bellows, Westfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429 50 ; 429101 ; 429192 ; 204296 ;
Abstract
The invention features an electrochemical cell having two fluid-containing compartments separated by a non-selective microporous membrane. Select ions which would normally pass through the membrane under the influence of an ionic field, are prevented from passing through the membrane by a polyelectrolyte which has migrated through the compartment fluid to the membrane. The polyelectrolyte acts as an ionic barrier to the passage of select ions, thus effectively increasing the ion-selective capability of the membrane and, hence, the coulombic efficiency of the electro-chemical cell.