Battery With Porous Material and Fabrication Method Thereof
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1. A battery comprising:
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(b) a porous material comprising a cathode for accepting said electrons;
(c) a current collector for collecting said electrons;
(d) a housing for maintaining a predetermined gap between said anode, said porous material and said current collector; and
(e) wherein upon a liquid being introduced into said battery it is passed to said porous material for enabling activation of said anode and said cathode in said porous material for supplying electricity;
said passing of said liquid being by one of;
surface tension, and capillary action.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to batteries that can be activated by liquid. The battery with porous material is suitable for disposable healthcare test kits, bioMEMS (bio Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) and biosystems such as DNA chips, lab-on-a-chip or micro fluidics and can be easily integrated with disposable devices/systems.
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29 Claims
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1. A battery comprising:
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(a) an anode for supplying electrons;
(b) a porous material comprising a cathode for accepting said electrons;
(c) a current collector for collecting said electrons;
(d) a housing for maintaining a predetermined gap between said anode, said porous material and said current collector; and
(e) wherein upon a liquid being introduced into said battery it is passed to said porous material for enabling activation of said anode and said cathode in said porous material for supplying electricity;
said passing of said liquid being by one of;
surface tension, and capillary action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A planar battery comprising:
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an anode for supplying electrons;
a porous material comprising a cathode for accepting said electrons;
a current collector for collecting said electrons;
a planar plastic housing for maintaining a predetermined gap between said anode, said porous material and said current collector;
wherein upon a liquid being introduced into said battery, and said liquid being passed to said porous material, said anode and said cathode are able to be activated for supplying electricity;
said passing of said liquid being by one of;
surface tension, and capillary action.
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16. A planar battery comprising:
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an anode for supplying a electrons;
a porous material;
a current collector for collecting said electrons;
a planar plastic housing for maintaining a predetermined gap between said anode, said porous material and said current collector;
wherein upon a liquid with a cathode material being introduced into said battery and said liquid being passed to said porous material, said anode and said cathode are able to be activated for supplying electricity;
said passing of said liquid being by one of;
surface tension, and capillary action.
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17. A battery comprising:
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an anode for supplying electrons;
a current collector for collecting said electrons;
a medium between said anode and current collector;
a housing for maintaining a predetermined gap between said anode, said medium and said current collector;
wherein upon a liquid being introduced into said battery and being passed to said medium, and said liquid contacting said anode and a cathode, said anode and said cathode are able to be activated for supplying electricity;
said passing of said liquid being by one of;
surface tension, and capillary action. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A planar battery fabrication method comprising:
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(a) making a sandwich including following in any combination;
placing a dry porous material on a current collector, the dry porous material including a cathode material and being for providing a capillary force to an introduced liquid;
placing an anode on said porous material; and
(b) laminating a housing around said sandwich for maintaining a predetermined gap between said anode, said porous material and said current collector.
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29. A battery fabrication method comprising:
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(a) making a structure including following in any combination;
placing a collector;
placing a dry porous material, the dry porous material being for providing a capillary force to an introduced liquid with a cathode;
placing an anode; and
(b) making a housing around said structure for maintaining a predetermined gap between said anode, said porous material and said current collector.
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