Fuel cell for microcapsule-type robot and microcapsule-type robot powered by the same
First Claim
1. A fuel cell for a microcapsule-type robot, comprising:
- a cylindrical fuel cell frame;
a cathode to which a fuel is supplied disposed in a region defined by the fuel cell frame;
an anode to which an oxidizing agent is supplied disposed in the region defined the fuel cell frame;
an electrolyte membrane interposed between the cathode and the anode, the electrolyte membrane dividing the region defined by the fuel cell frame into a cathode side corresponding to the cathode and an anode side corresponding to the anode;
alcohol or an aqueous alcohol solution disposed in a space on the anode side; and
hydrogen peroxide or an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution disposed in a space on the cathode side,wherein the fuel cell frame surrounds the space on the anode side and the space on the cathode side, andwherein a first edge and a second edge of the electrolyte membrane contact the fuel cell frame to divide the fuel cell frame into the cathode side and the anode side.
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Abstract
A fuel cell for a microcapsule-type robot uses alcohol or an aqueous alcohol solution as a fuel and was hydrogen peroxide or an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution as an oxidizing agent. A microcapsule-type robot also uses the fuel cell. The fuel cell may be used in a microcapsule-type endoscope and have an operating time that is long enough to diagnose human organs. The fuel cell may comprise hydrogen peroxide as an oxidizing agent instead of air or oxygen such that the fuel cell can operate inside the human body. Thus, an oxygen source, which cannot be obtained in a human body, can be easily supplied to the fuel cell, and the fuel cell has higher performance than a fuel cell in which air is used as an oxidizing agent.
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1. A fuel cell for a microcapsule-type robot, comprising:
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a cylindrical fuel cell frame; a cathode to which a fuel is supplied disposed in a region defined by the fuel cell frame; an anode to which an oxidizing agent is supplied disposed in the region defined the fuel cell frame; an electrolyte membrane interposed between the cathode and the anode, the electrolyte membrane dividing the region defined by the fuel cell frame into a cathode side corresponding to the cathode and an anode side corresponding to the anode; alcohol or an aqueous alcohol solution disposed in a space on the anode side; and hydrogen peroxide or an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution disposed in a space on the cathode side, wherein the fuel cell frame surrounds the space on the anode side and the space on the cathode side, and wherein a first edge and a second edge of the electrolyte membrane contact the fuel cell frame to divide the fuel cell frame into the cathode side and the anode side. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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