Patent ID: 8551637
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: C25B,H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A membrane comprising: a substrate including at least one ion-conducting substrate region in which ions can pass through the substrate and at least one non-ion-conducting substrate region in which the ions cannot pass through the substrate; wherein the at least one ion-conducting substrate region includes two or more ion-conducting passageways that extend through the ion-conducting substrate region of the substrate; and wherein the ion-conducting passageways contain an ion-conducting material that is relatively more ion-conductive than the non-ion-conducting substrate region of the substrate, and wherein the at least one ion-conducting region is surrounded by the non-ion-conducting region, and wherein the substrate of the at least one ion-conducting substrate region and the substrate of the non-ion-conducting substrate region is formed of the same material.