Nanocoated Electrode for Stable Acid Water
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electrolytic acid waters have limited stability, skin penetration capacity, and are toxic, making them ineffective as disinfectants with short shelf life and requiring specialized handling.
Innovation Solution
A device with nanometer-coated electrodes and a continuous polarity reversal system for electrolysis, producing acid water with enhanced stability, skin penetration, and reduced toxicity, using a method that includes pretreatment and filtration to minimize heavy metal release.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If conventional electrolytic treatment is used to produce acid water, then disinfectant properties are obtained, but stability over time is limited and shelf life is dramatically reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical-chemical parameters of the electrode surface by applying a nanometer-thin coating (1-100 nm) of specific materials (metal oxides, ceramics, or polymers) to the electrode. This coating modification alters the electrochemical reactions at the electrode surface, producing acid water with enhanced stability and extended shelf life while maintaining disinfectant properties.
Solution Approach 2:
The electrode is constructed as a composite structure combining a conductive substrate (providing electrical conductivity) with a nanometer coating layer (providing controlled electrochemical reaction). This composite structure enables the electrode to produce acid water with both high stability and extended shelf life, resolving the contradiction between immediate disinfectant effect and long-term stability.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional electrodes are used for electrolysis, then acid water is produced, but skin penetration capacity is limited and deep layer disinfection is ineffective
Solution Approach 1:
The nanometer coating on the electrode changes the physical parameters of the generated acid water, including molecular cluster size and charge distribution. These parameter changes enhance the water's ability to penetrate skin barriers and reach deep layers, making disinfection of non-superficial impurities effective.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces conventional bulk electrolysis with nanoscale surface electrochemistry. The nanometer coating enables generation of acid water with modified molecular structure and enhanced biological activity, allowing passive diffusion through skin layers without mechanical assistance.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional electrolytic acid water is produced, then disinfection capability is achieved, but high chlorine content requires specialized handling and increases toxicity
Solution Approach 1:
The nanometer coating on the electrode changes the electrochemical reaction parameters, reducing chlorine generation and promoting production of other disinfectant species such as hypohalous acids and reactive oxygen species. This parameter change lowers toxicity and eliminates the need for specialized handling procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes strong oxidizing reactions at the nanocoated electrode surface to generate multiple disinfectant mechanisms simultaneously (oxidation by hypohalous acids, reactive oxygen species, and modified acid water). This multi-mechanism approach achieves effective disinfection with reduced chlorine content and lower toxicity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The resulting acid water maintains disinfectant properties for extended periods, effectively penetrates deep skin layers, and has low toxicity, enabling broader applications with reduced maintenance and production costs.
Implementation Method 1
aqueous solutions of salts, particularly sodium chloride, as a consequence of an electrolytic treatment, are split into two liquid products
Implementation Method 2
it comprises a surface coating which comprises nanoparticles of one or more metals
Data Source
AI summary
A highly stable aqueous solution having a molecular cluster with dimensions which are small enough to ensure substantial chemical-physical stability thereof for a relatively long time. To prepare the solution a fluid treatment device is used, which comprises at least one chamber (7) and at least one anode (4) and one cathode (3) arranged in the chamber (7). The anode (4) and cathode (3) are at least partly made of a first metallic material. At least one of the at least one cathode (3) and anode (4) comprises a coating of nanoparticles (5) of a second metallic material.