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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2005
Applicants:
Zvi Yaniv, Austin, TX (US);
Richard Lee Fink, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Zvi Yaniv, Austin, TX (US);
Richard Lee Fink, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Nano-Proprietary, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 19/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A photocatalytic cleaner for air or water includes a photocatalytic material coating a substrate. An anode, positioned a predetermined distance from the substrate, includes a phosphor that emits ultraviolet light in response to bombardment by electrons from a field emission cathode emitting electrons in response to an electric field. The field emission cathode may be a carbon based field emitter material including incorporating carbon nanotubes.