US 11,667,592 B2
Methods and apparatus for performing chemical and electrochemical reactions
Curtis Berlinguette, Vancouver (CA); and Rebecca Sherbo, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to The University of British Columbia, Vancouver (CA)
Appl. No. 16/964,944
Filed by THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Vancouver (CA)
PCT Filed Jan. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CA2019/050097
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 24, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/144239, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/622,305, filed on Jan. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0040017 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. C25B 1/02 (2006.01); C25B 3/23 (2021.01); C07C 5/02 (2006.01); C07C 5/09 (2006.01); C25B 9/19 (2021.01); C25B 15/08 (2006.01); C25B 13/02 (2006.01); C25B 13/04 (2021.01)
CPC C07C 5/09 (2013.01) [C25B 1/02 (2013.01); C25B 3/23 (2021.01); C25B 9/19 (2021.01); C25B 13/02 (2013.01); C25B 13/04 (2013.01); C25B 15/08 (2013.01); C07C 2523/44 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for performing coupled chemical and electrochemical reactions, the method comprising:
applying a current and/or an electrical potential between an anode and a hydrogen selective first membrane;
oxidizing, at the anode, a second reactant to form one or more oxidized products and one or more hydrogen ions;
transporting the hydrogen ions through an ion exchange membrane to the first membrane;
at the first membrane, reducing the hydrogen ions to form hydrogen atoms, wherein the first membrane comprises a non-porous hydrogen selective layer adapted to block the hydrogen ions from diffusing through the first membrane and to selectively allow passage of the hydrogen atoms;
diffusing the hydrogen atoms through the first membrane into a first reaction chamber; and
chemically reacting the hydrogen atoms with a first reactant at the first reaction chamber.