PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING GLUCOSE
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190382907A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-19

    申请号:US16557430

    申请日:2019-08-30

    IPC分类号: C25B3/04 C25B1/00 C25B9/06

    摘要: An electrochemical process and system for producing glucose are described. The process and system allow for the production of glucose from carbon dioxide and water, requiring only melanin, or a precursor, derivative, analog, or variant of melanin, and electromagnetic energy, such as visible or invisible light energy.

    METHOD OF USING MELANIN TO FERTILIZE SOIL
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190150371A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:US16308909

    申请日:2017-06-12

    IPC分类号: A01G7/04 C05F11/00 A01C21/00

    摘要: Methods of fertilizing soil, and of increasing a crop yield, plant growth, and rate of seed germination using melanin, or a melanin precursor, derivative, or analog are provided. The methods described herein require water, melanin, or a melanin precursor, derivative, or analog, and a source of electromagnetic energy, such as visible or invisible light energy, to catalyze the electrolysis of water. The electrolysis of water causes the release of diatomic hydrogen into the soil, resulting in fertilization of the soil. Also provided are fertilized soil compositions.

    Cement mixture with significantly improved physicochemical and bacteriological properties that contains dopamelanin, precursors thereof, analogues thereof or derivatives thereof, as an additive
    6.
    发明授权
    Cement mixture with significantly improved physicochemical and bacteriological properties that contains dopamelanin, precursors thereof, analogues thereof or derivatives thereof, as an additive 有权
    水泥混合物具有显着改善的物理化学和细菌学性质,其含有多萜品腈,其前体,其类似物或其衍生物作为添加剂

    公开(公告)号:US08691891B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-08

    申请号:US13126753

    申请日:2008-11-28

    IPC分类号: C04B26/10

    摘要: The present invention refers to a cement composition that contains dopamelanin, its precursors and/or its analogues as an additive in a maximum percentage of 30% of the cement. This additive substitutes water of the capillary nets. The mentioned cement mixture posses a water/cement relation of 0.2 to 0.4, optionally it can contain different sand and gravel proportions. This cement mixture generates strong chemical bonds, and increased scouring resistance, of at least 28% and a higher elastic resistance of the concrete, of at least 50%. Its cracking in early stages is very low or practically null. The present request also refers to the use of dopamelanin and/or its precursors and/or its analogues as an additive of the cement mixture that substitutes the capillary water proportion in the cementant mixture. Just as well the use of dopamelanin and/or its precursors and/or its analogues, in an aqueous solution, in less that 3%, as a concrete setting and curing agent, thus it significantly increases the ductility and scouring resistance of the cement mixture. This is, the novelty cement mixture improves the physicochemical and bacteriological properties of the usual concrete, being of special interest the notable increment related with compression resistance and ductility or relative displacements, suffering less damage in comparison with the mixture containing water. In a meaningful way, it also increases since early stages, the volumetric stability of the concrete, thus it intensifies its scouring resistance, which is inclusive transmitter to the metallic elements immersed in its interior, since certainly it significantly protects them from deterioration.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种水泥组合物,其包含多羟基喹啉,其前体和/或其类似物作为添加剂,其最大百分比为水泥的30%。 该添加剂代替毛细管网的水。 所提及的水泥混合物的水/水泥关系为0.2至0.4,任选地它可以含有不同的砂和砾石比例。 该混凝土混合物产生强烈的化学键,并且耐冲击性提高至少28%,混凝土弹性更高,至少为50%。 它在早期阶段的破裂非常低或几乎为零。 本要求还涉及将多巴胺和/或其前体和/或其类似物用作代替水泥混合物中毛细管水比例的水泥混合物的添加剂。 同样地,在水溶液中使用多巴胺和/或其前体和/或其类似物,少于3%作为混凝土固化剂和固化剂,因此它显着增加了水泥混合物的延展性和抗冲刷性 。 这就是说,新颖的水泥混合物改善了通常混凝土的物理化学和细菌学特性,特别令人感兴趣的是与耐压缩性,延展性或相对位移有关的显着增量,与含水混合物相比,损伤较少。 有意义的方式是,从早期阶段,混凝土的体积稳定性也将增加,从而增强了其冲刷阻力,这是浸入其内部的金属元素的包容性发射器,因为它可以显着地防止其变质。

    Photoelectrochemical method of separating water into hydrogen and oxygen, using melanins or the analogues, precursors or derivatives thereof as the central electrolysing element
    7.
    发明授权
    Photoelectrochemical method of separating water into hydrogen and oxygen, using melanins or the analogues, precursors or derivatives thereof as the central electrolysing element 有权
    使用黑色素或其类似物,前体或衍生物作为中心电解元素将水分离成氢和氧的光电化学方法

    公开(公告)号:US08455145B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-06-04

    申请号:US12001138

    申请日:2007-12-10

    IPC分类号: H01M8/06

    摘要: The invention essentially consists in the use of melanins, melanin precursors or melanin derivatives, melanin variants, melanin analogues, natural or synthetic, pure or mixed with organic or inorganic compounds, metals, ions, drugs; as water electrolyzing material, using as sole or main source of energy, natural or synthetic light, coherent or not; in the systems of hydrogen production from water, known as photoelectrochemical systems. These systems integrate as semiconductor material and a water electrolyzer inside a monolithic design, to produce hydrogen directly from water, using light (between 200 to 900 nm) as the main or sole source of energy. At least to basic criteria had to be met: one was that the system or light absorbing compound should generate enough energy to start, lead and complete the photoelectrolysis reaction, being economical, stable and lasting in a water system, requirements met by melanins, representing thus an important and critical advance to solve the central problem of photoelectrochemical designs. The procedure can be applied to generate hydrogen, oxygen and high energy electrons, or the opposite sense, i.e., synthesizing water from the union of hydrogen and oxygen, generating electricity; it can be coupled to other processes, generating a multiplication effect; it can also be used for reduction of carbon dioxide, nitrates and sulphates or others.

    摘要翻译: 本发明基本上在于使用黑色素,黑色素前体或黑色素衍生物,黑色素变体,黑素类似物,天然的或合成的,纯的或与有机或无机化合物,金属,离子,药物混合的; 作为水电解材料,作为唯一或主要的能源,天然或合成光,连贯或不相干; 在从水中生产氢的系统中,被称为光电化学系统。 这些系统作为半导体材料和水电解器集成在一体式设计中,以直接从水中产生氢,使用光(200至900nm)作为主要或唯一能量来源。 至少必须满足基本标准:一个是系统或光吸收化合物应产生足够的能量开始,引导和完成光电解反应,在水系统中经济,稳定和持久,黑色素满足要求,代表 因此是解决光电化学设计中心问题的重要和关键进展。 该方法可以应用于产生氢,氧和高能电子,或相反的意义,即从氢和氧的结合合成水,发电; 它可以耦合到其他过程,产生乘法效应; 它也可以用于还原二氧化碳,硝酸盐和硫酸盐等。

    Solid-state melanin battery
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11101511B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-24

    申请号:US16500088

    申请日:2018-03-23

    IPC分类号: H01M14/00

    摘要: A solid-state battery is provided. The battery includes a melanin structure formed of at least one melanin material embedded in an inert material, and first and second metal bands which serve as first and second electrodes, respectively. The melanin material is selected from the group consisting of melanin, melanin precursors, melanin derivatives, melanin analogs and melanin variants. The solid-state battery does not need to be recharged or reloaded.