The present invention relates to a photo-electrochemical device for production of a gas, liquid or solid using concentrated electromagnetic irradiation. The device comprises a photovoltaic component configured to generate charge carriers from the concentrated electromagnetic irradiation; and an electrochemical component configured to carry out electrolysis of a reactant. The photovoltaic component contacts the electrochemical component at a solid interface to form an integrated photo-electrochemical device; and further includes at least one reactant channel or a plurality of reactant channels extending between the photovoltaic component and the electrochemical component to transfer heat and the reactant from the photovoltaic component to the electrochemical component. The integrated photo-electrochemical device and auxiliary devices (such as concentrator, flow controllers) build a system which can flexibly react to changes in operating condition and guarantee best performance.

A system for electrohydromodulation of wastewater. In an embodiment, the system comprises an anode in contact with at least one anodic chamber and a cathode in contact with a cathodic chamber. Each anodic chamber and the cathodic chamber are configured to receive a flow of wastewater. A first multivalent cation exchange membrane, between each anodic chamber and the cathodic chamber, allows multivalent cations to pass therethrough while preventing monovalent ions to pass therethrough. A power source is electrically coupled to each anode and the cathode, and is configured to apply a voltage across wastewater in the anodic chamber and the cathodic chamber, to thereby cause multivalent cations in the wastewater to pass through the multivalent cation exchange membrane.

Disclosed herein is a method of recovering lithium or sodium from an active material of a lithium or sodium ion battery. In a preferred embodiment, the method comprises a redox-targeting reaction of a used active material LiFeP04 with a redox mediator [Fe(CN).sub.6].sup.3− in a tank to produce lithium ions, circulating the reacted redox solution into a cell to regenerate said redox mediator and enabling said lithium ions to migrate through a membrane towards a cathode wherein said lithium ions are captured as LiOH through an electrochemical reaction.

Provided is a synthesis method comprising a first step of producing a carbonate compound from carbon monoxide and an alcohol-based compound at an anode of a first electrochemical cell comprising a cathode and the anode, and a second step of synthesizing a first product by a dealcoholization reaction of the carbonate compound, wherein an alcohol-based compound eliminated in the second step is recycled in the first step.

The present invention refers to the field of flue gas purification, which discloses a method and apparatus for capturing carbon dioxide and producing sulfuric acid by sodium bisulfate; using a three-format electrodialysis apparatus to convert the desulfurized by-product NaHSO.sub.4 into H.sub.2SO.sub.4 while capturing CO.sub.2 in the flue gas in the cathode chamber. Under the action of electric field drive and ion exchange membrane, HSO.sub.4.sup.− enters the anode chamber to generate H.sub.2SO.sub.4 and is concentrated, and Na.sup.+ enters the cathode chamber to generate NaOH; the flue gas containing CO.sub.2 to be treated is introduced from the cathode chamber and absorbed by NaOH. The invention provides a simple, green, and economic proceeding method to capture the carbon dioxide in the flue gas during the comprehensive utilization of sodium bisulfate solution, which is of better environmental benefits and improvement of the flue gas treatment technology and reducing the pressure of desulfurization gypsum treatment.

The present invention relates to a continuous micro-electro-flow reactor system for ultra-fast, oxidant free, C—C coupling reaction for making symmetrical biaryls and analogs thereof. This invention further relates to the said process for preparation of antiviral drug, daclatasvir of general formula I.

An electrode includes a substrate having a body and a plurality of elongate first lands projecting away from the body. Each pair of adjacent lands define a channel therebetween, where the plurality of elongate first lands defines a plurality of first channels. The substrate defines an x-y-z coordinate system, where each of the plurality of elongate first lands defines a longitudinal axis about parallel to the x-y plane. Moreover, each of the plurality of elongate first lands projects away from the body by a height in the z-direction. In addition, the electrode includes an inlet and an outlet where the plurality of first channels are configured to allow flow of fluid from the inlet to the outlet.

Disclosed is a purification method of electrolytic gas generated from an electrolysis cell having a cathode and an anode. In a step of performing electrolysis of an electrolyte solution supplied into the electrolysis cell and repeating the electrolysis while circulating the electrolyzed electrolyte solution via an circulation tank disposed outside the electrolysis cell, a bag-shaped membrane pack, which is made from a specific porous membrane material, is of a shape having an opening at a top end thereof and closed at an entire side wall and entire bottom wall thereof and has a large permeation area at the entire side wall and entire bottom wall, is disposed in an interior of the circulation tank, thereby enabling to perform the electrolysis while purifying the electrolyte solution in which a portion of the electrolytic gas generated by the electrolysis is dissolved and bubbles of another portion of the electrolytic gas coexist.

An electrolyte manufacturing device includes an electrolytic cell including a diaphragm separating an anode chamber from a cathode chamber, a circulator circulating an anolyte to the anode chamber and circulating a catholyte to the cathode chamber, and a power source supplying current. A cathode in the electrolytic cell includes a carbon fiber layer on a plane facing the diaphragm. The electrolytic cell includes an anode net placed between the anode and the diaphragm, and a cathode net placed between the cathode and the diaphragm. The circulator circulates the anolyte at a flow rate that is greater than the flow rate of the catholyte and is equal to or greater than twice the volume of gaseous oxygen generated in the anode chamber per unit time at 0° C.

Topic: The purpose is to provide an oxygen and hydrogen mixed gas generator and a method for producing oxygen and hydrogen mixed gas stably by electrolyzing, and the resulting oxygen and hydrogen mixed gas thereto. Solution: an oxygen hydrogen mixed gas generator (1) is provided with an electrolyze device (10), wherein a first electrode (11) and a second electrode (12) are immersed in water for electrolyzing; and a power supply device (50), supplies the specified current to the first electrode (11) and the second electrode (12), the oxygen hydrogen mixed gas generator (1) mixes the oxygen and hydrogen generated from the electrodes to produce the oxygen hydrogen mixed gas, which is characterized in that the power supply device (50) reverses the polarity of the first electrode (11) and the second electrode (12) alternately.