IP Library Granted Patent US 8,366,889
Granted Patent B2
US 8,366,889 · App. 13/112,637 · Granted Feb 5, 2013

Anode for electrolysis and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,366,889
App. No.
13/112,637
Granted
Feb 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Subject The present invention aims to provide an anode for electrolysis by an ion exchange membrane process and the manufacturing method thereof which can show a lower concentration of by-product oxygen gas in chlorine gas and a lower overvoltage stably for a long time, compared with conventional anodes. Solution to Problem The present invention is to prepare an anode for electrolysis, comprising a substrate comprising titanium or titanium alloy and a plurality of coating layers provided by the thermal decomposition baking method on the surface of the substrate, wherein the coating layer comprises the first coating layer comprising a mixture of iridium oxide, ruthenium oxide and titanium oxide, provided on the surface of the substrate, the second coating layer comprising a mixture of platinum and iridium oxide, provided on the first coating layer, a unit layer comprising the first coating layer and the second coating layer, provided on the surface of the second coating layer by a single or a plurality of layer, and the second coating layer, provided on the outermost layer of the unit layer; the plurality of layer is provided on the surface of the substrate by means of the thermal decomposition baking method and the coating layer is followed by post-baking at a higher baking temperature than the formerly applied in the thermal decomposition baking method.

Claims (23)

1. An anode for electrolysis, comprising:

a substrate comprising titanium or titanium alloy, and

a plurality of coating layer provided on the surface of the substrate by the thermal decomposition baking method,

wherein the coating layer comprising:

the first coating layer comprising a mixture of iridium oxide, ruthenium oxide and titanium oxide, provided on the surface of the substrate,

the second coating layer comprising a mixture of platinum and iridium oxide, provided on the first coating layer,

a unit layer comprising the first coating layer and the second coating layer, provided on the surface of the second coating layer by a single or a plurality of layer,

and the second coating layer, provided on the outermost layer of the unit layer,

characterized in that a plurality of coating layer is provided on the surface of the substrate by means of the thermal decomposition baking method, followed by post-baking at a baking temperature higher than that by the thermal decomposition baking method.

2. The anode for electrolysis according to claim 1 , wherein the baking temperature by the thermal decomposition baking method is 350 degrees Celsius˜520 degrees Celsius.

3. The anode for electrolysis according to claim 1 , wherein the post-baking temperature is higher than the temperature by the thermal decomposition baking method, to a temperature range of 475 degrees Celsius˜550 degrees Celsius.

4. The anode for electrolysis according to claim 1 , wherein the composition ratios of iridium, ruthenium and titanium of the first coating layer are in the range of 20˜30mol. % , 25˜30mol. %, and 40˜55mol. % , respectively.

5. The anode for electrolysis according to claim 1 , wherein the composition ratios of platinum and iridium of the second coating layer are in the range of 60˜80mol. % and 20˜40mol. %, respectively.

6. A manufacturing method of an anode for electrolysis provided with a plurality of coating layer on the surface of the substrate comprising titanium or titanium alloy by means of the thermal decomposition baking method, characterized in steps, comprising:

1) a step to prepare the first coating layer comprising a mixture of iridium oxide, ruthenium oxide and titanium oxide by coating a mixing solution of iridium compound, ruthenium compound and titanium compound on the surface of the substrate comprising titanium or titanium alloy by means of the decomposition baking method for heat-baking;

2) a step to prepare the second coating layer comprising a mixture of platinum and iridium oxide by coating a mixing solution of platinum compound and iridium compound on the surface of the first coating layer by means of the thermal decomposition baking method for heat-baking;

3) a step to prepare a single or a plurality of unit layer comprising the first coating layer and the second coating layer on the surface of the second coating layer by the thermal decomposition baking method;

4) a step to prepare the second coating layer on the outermost layer of the unit layer by the thermal decomposition baking method; and

5) a plurality of coating layer being subject to post-baking at a higher baking temperature than the temperature by the thermal decomposition baking method.

7. The manufacturing method of an anode for electrolysis according to claim 6 , wherein the baking temperature by the thermal decomposition baking method is in the range of 350 degrees Celsius˜520 degrees Celsius.

8. The manufacturing method of an anode for electrolysis according to claim 6 , wherein the post-baking temperature is higher than that by the thermal decomposition baking method, in the range of 475 degrees Celsius˜550 degrees Celsius.

9. The manufacturing method of an anode for electrolysis according to claim 6 , wherein the composition ratios of iridium, ruthenium and titanium of the first coating layer are in the range of 20˜30mol. % , 25˜30mol. %, and 40˜55mol. % , respectively.

10. The manufacturing method of an anode for electrolysis according to claim 6 , wherein the composition ratios of platinum and iridium of the second coating layer are in the range of 60˜80mol. % and 20˜40mol. %, respectively.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 2, 2016
From: PERMELEC ELECTRODE LTD.
To: DE NORA PERMELEC LTD
Reel/Frame 037679/0984 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2011
From: HAYASHIDA, TOSHIKAZU
To: PERMELEC ELECTRODE LTD.
Reel/Frame 026320/0611 →