Patent SG-11201903838U-A (SG)
Title: A battery, desalination generator and a method for detecting boron
Inventor: YANG HUI YING
IPC: C02F1/469
Filed: 2018-01-12
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property C.--.` 1111111011110111010101111101101011101110011111111111111111111111111111111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number 03 (43) International Publication Date ...0.'' WO 2018/132072 Al 19 July 2018 (19.07.2018) WI P0 I P C T (51) International Patent Classification: (71) Applicant: SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECH- HO1M 4/36 (2006.01) GO1N 21/31 (2006.01) NOLOGY AND DESIGN [SG/SG]; 8 Somapah Road, CO2F 1/469 (2006.01) Singapore 487372 (SG). (21) International Application Number: (72) Inventors: YANG, Hui Ying; c/o Singapore University PCT/SG2018/050018 Of Technology And Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore 487372 (SG). CHEN, Fuming; c/o Singapore University (22) International Filing Date: 12 January 2018 (12.01.2018) Of Technology And Design, 8 Somapah Road, Singapore 487372 (SG). (25) Filing Language: English (74) Agent: SPRUSON & FERGUSON (ASIA) PTE LTD; (26) Publication Language: English P.O. Box 1531, Robinson Road Post Office, Singapore (30) Priority Data: 903031 (SG). 10201700252Y 12 January 2017 (12.01.2017) SG (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 10201701136Q 13 February 2017 (13.02.2017) SG kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, 10201701142Y 13 February 2017 (13.02.2017) SG AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (54) Title: A BATTERY, DESALINATION GENERATOR AND A METHOD FOR DETECTING BORON = [Fig. 1] = = A. =ci _ I 0 =Nu+ = = A 0 r r 4 = = ,v may / I = , , , , Arrfoa z, p , / 0 , A 0 / , = Anode Cathode Anode Cathode _ = (a) Charge (b) Discharge 1-1 (57) : In present invention, an electrochemical cell comprising an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte solution, wherein at IN el least one of the anode or the cathode comprises a compound having a formula MO riX ii , wherein M is a metal, X is a halogen, m is any C integer from 1 to 3 as valency allows and n is any integer from 1 to 5 as valency allows, with the proviso that neither the anode nor N the cathode comprise Li or Mg, is provided. The electrochemical cell may be used for energy storage and/or desalination of aqueous f .f l salt water. Another invention relates to a method for detecting and quantifying an amount of boron present in an aqueous solution, the 1-1 ---- method comprising the step of contacting a boron sensing medium with boron in the aqueous solution to form a complex, wherein the GO boron sensing medium comprises a compound having at least two hydroxyl groups and at least one nitrogen selected from the group 1-1 © consisting of pyridinic nitrogen, pyrrolic nitrogen, and quaternary nitrogen. ei C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/132072 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMMIDOIMIMOHMEHOIS HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: — of inventorship (Rule 4.17 (iv)) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) — in black and white; the international application as filed contained color or greyscale and is available for download from PATENTSCOPE