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Electrochemical half-cell

US6039853A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

Fritz Gestermann · Leverkusen, DE
Hans-Dieter Pinter · Wermelskirchen, DE
Karl-Ludwig Metzger · Bensberg, DE
Heiko Herold · Dormagen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 8, 1998
Grant date	Mar 21, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 8, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/50
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an electrochemical half-cell (1) with a gas diffusion electrode (7) as cathode or anode wherein the gas chamber (6) is divided in particular into two or more gas pockets (6a, 6b, 6c) arranged one above another, the electrode chamber (2) of the half-cell (1) being divided into compartments (2a, 2b, 2c) which for the passage of the electrolyte (23), are connected to one another in cascade fashion via chutes (17), (18), (19).

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