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Title: Production of chemical products using electrochemical flow systems and mediators and associated methods

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1987219

Systems and methods for electrochemically producing chemical products are provided. In certain cases, the systems and methods described herein are capable of producing chemical products such as hydrogen peroxide in solutions with relatively low concentrations of electrolyte or other dissolved species at high efficiencies and/or low energetic cost. In some cases, redox mediators are used to spatially decouple direct electrochemical processes from the production of the chemical product.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
Patent Number(s):
11,603,597
Application Number:
16/450,847
OSTI ID:
1987219
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 06/24/2019
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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