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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2012
Gun Young Jung, Gwangju, KR;
Hui Su Jeong, Gwangju, KR;
Gun Young Jung, Gwangju, KR;
Hui Su Jeong, Gwangju, KR;
GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Buk-Gu, Gwangju, KR;
Abstract
Provided are an electrode including a nanostructure and a method of preparing the same, and more particularly, an electrode including a substrate, and a plurality of metal nanocups or nanorings spaced apart from one another and disposed on the substrate, and openings thereof are aligned above the substrate, and a method of preparing the electrode. An electrode of the present invention includes catalytic metal having a structure of the plurality of nanocups or nanorings and thus, an area, in which a reactant participating in an oxidation or reduction reaction is able to be in contact with catalytic metal, may become wider in comparison to that of a typical electrode having catalytic metal in the shape of a flat thin film. Accordingly, an efficiency of the oxidation or reduction reaction may be improved due to catalytic metal and eventually, a power generation efficiency of a cell may be improved.