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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1993
Hiroshi Uemachi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiko Sato, Neyagawa, JP;
Tadashi Sotomura, Kashiwara, JP;
Kenichi Takeyama, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A reversible electrode of the present invention includes, as a main component thereof, a thiourea compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## (where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, an aryl group, an allyl group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a group containing a mercapto group, a group containing a phenyl group, a group having a hetero ring containing O, and a group having a hetero ring containing N) or a polymer having the thiourea compound as its main polymer unit; the reversible electrode utilizing reversible electrochemical oxidation-reduction of sulfur atoms of the thiourea compound or the polymer.