Patent ID: 9487872
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: C25B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An electrolytic cell, comprising: a positive electrode disposed in an electrolytic compartment; a negative electrode disposed in an other electrolytic compartment, wherein the negative electrode or the positive electrode has a modified surface geometry including protrusions separated by resonant cavities, the protrusions having a length ranging from about 0.1 cm to about 0.5 cm, and having a width of about 1.0 cm, and the resonant cavities having a width ranging from about 0.1 cm to about 1.0 cm; a cell membrane positioned between the electrolytic compartment with the positive electrode disposed therein and the other electrolytic compartment with the negative electrode disposed therein; an electrolyte solution disposed inside the electrolytic compartment with the positive electrode disposed therein and inside the other electrolytic compartment with the negative electrode disposed therein, the electrolyte solution also being in contact with the cell membrane; a first transducer directly attached to the negative electrode; and a second transducer directly attached to the positive electrode, wherein vibrational energy selectively transmitted to the negative electrode and the positive electrode by the first and second transducers causes a) both the negative electrode and the positive electrode to respectively oscillate in a same direction, and b) bubbles to form and to separate i) hydrogen gas bubbles from a surface of the negative electrode and ii) oxygen gas bubbles from a surface of the positive electrode.