Electroactivated film with electrocatalyst-enhanced carbon electrode

US7959773B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lumimove, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Shifeng Hou · Springfield, US
• Von Howard Ebron · Republic, US
• Yevgenia Ulyanova · Huntsville, US
• Sriram Viswanathan · Chanhassen, US
• Patrick J. Kinlen · Fenton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 14, 2011
• Expiry date: Jun 21, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C25B1/30
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An electroactivated film that includes: a first electrode that is spaced apart from a second electrode, a water insoluble electrically conductive medium which is permeable to moisture and oxygen and which contacts both electrodes, an electrocatalyst which can be reversibly oxidized and reduced and which facilitates the production of a peroxide when an electrical potential is imposed across the electrodes, and optionally a peroxide-activating catalyst which converts the peroxide to an activated peroxide, wherein one or both electrodes have electrocatalyst immobilized thereupon.